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Job 34:30
30God does not let men rule, if they do not respect his ways. He stops them from causing trouble to the people.
Job 34:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
- New International Version (NIV)to keep the godless from ruling, from laying snares for the people.
- English Standard Version (ESV)that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.
Context of Job 34:30
28They were cruel to poor people, so that God saw what was happening. God heard those poor people when they called to him for help. 29But if God decides to do nothing, no one can say that he is wrong. If he hides himself, no one can see him. But he still rules over people and over nations. God does not let men rule, if they do not respect his ways. He stops them from causing trouble to the people. 31Someone could say to God, “I am guilty, and I have received my punishment. But I will not do any more wrong things. 32Show me the sins that I have done when I did not know about them. If I have done wrong things, I will not do them again.”
Read all of Job 34Job 34:30 word by word
מִ֭מְּלֹךְ אָדָ֥ם חָנֵ֗ף מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי עָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 34:30
- Job 34:21He watches the way that each person lives. He sees what they do every day.
- 1 Kings 12:28So King Jeroboam talked to his advisors. He used gold to make images of two young cows. He said to the people, ‘It is too difficult for you to go to Jerusalem to worship the Lord, as you have done before. So I have made these gold cows for you instead. Look at them, Israelite people! These are your gods that rescued you and brought you out from Egypt.’
- 2 Kings 21:9But the people did not obey the Lord. Manasseh caused them to turn away from God. The Israelites did more evil things than the people who lived in Canaan before them. The Lord had destroyed those nations so that the Israelites could live there.
- Psalms 12:8But if people praise evil things, then wicked people will boast more and more.
- Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons that are used to fight a war. But one bad person can destroy many good things.
- Hosea 5:11Terrible trouble will come to Ephraim's people. They will receive great punishment. They deserve that because they chose to worship idols.
- Hosea 13:11I was angry, but I agreed to give you a king. Now I am even more angry and I will take your king away!
- Micah 6:16You have obeyed the rules of King Omri. You have done what King Ahab and all his people did. You have copied their wicked ideas. So I must destroy you and all your things completely. Then people from other countries will not be kind or polite to you. Instead, they will make you ashamed.’
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4This man will be God's great enemy. He will say that he is greater than everything that people call their gods. He will say that he is greater than everything that people worship. As a result, he will even go into the temple. He will sit down there like a king. He will tell everyone that he himself is God.
- Revelation 13:3Someone had hurt one of the wild animal's heads with a bad wound. It seemed that it would soon die. But the wound in the animal's head had become well again. This surprised all the people who were living on the earth. As a result, they were ready to obey what the wild animal said.
Commentaries on Job 34:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30That the hypocrite reign not - The Vulgate translates, Who causes a wicked man to reign because of the sins of the people. This was precisely the defense which Hegiage, the oppressive ruler of the Babylonian Irak, under the caliph Abdul Malec, made when he found the people in a state of insurrection. See at the end of the chapter, Job 34:37; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30That the hypocrite reign not - All this is done to prevent wicked men from ruling over the people. The remarks of Elihu had had respect much to princes and kings, and he had shown that however great they were, they were in the hands of God, and were wholly at his disposal. He “now” says that the design of his dealings with them was to prevent their oppressing their fellow-men. The general scope of the remarks of Elihu is, that God is the universal…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-30Verses 16-30 Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumption to condemn God's proceedings, as Job had done by his discontents. Elihu suggests divers considerations to Job, to produce in him high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him to submit. Job had often wished to plead his cause before God. Elihu asks…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. Ensnared--into sin (1Ki 12:28, 30). Or rather, "enthralled by further oppression," Job 34:26-28.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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