English Standard Version
Job 34:24
24He shatters the mighty without investigation and sets others in their place.
Job 34:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
- New International Version (NIV)Without inquiry he shatters the mighty and sets up others in their place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He brings the mighty to ruin without asking anyone, and he sets up others in their place.
Context of Job 34:24
22There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves. 23For God has no need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment. He shatters the mighty without investigation and sets others in their place. 25Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed. 26He strikes them for their wickedness in a place for all to see,
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יָרֹ֣עַ כַּבִּירִ֣ים לֹא־חֵ֑קֶר וַיַּעֲמֵ֖ד אֲחֵרִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:24
- Job 19:2"How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words?
- Psalms 2:9You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
- Psalms 72:4May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!
- Psalms 94:5They crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your heritage.
- Jeremiah 51:20"You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;
- Daniel 2:21He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;
- 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: 'I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,' but now the Lord declares: 'Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
- 1 Samuel 15:28And Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
- 1 Kings 14:7Go, tell Jeroboam, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: "Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel
- Psalms 113:7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
- Daniel 5:28Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."
Commentaries on Job 34:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24He shall break in pieces - In multitudes of cases God depresses the proud, and raises up the humble and meek. Neither their strength nor number can afford them security.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24He shall break in pieces - He crushes or destroys the great. He is not intimidated by their wealth, their rank, or their number. Without number - Margin, more correctly, “searching out.” That is, he does it without the protracted process of a judicial investigation. The Hebrew word used here (חקר chêqer ) means properly “a searching out,” “an examination”; and the meaning here is, that there is no need of his going into a protracted investigation into…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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24God knows everything without needing to ask anyone (34:25). sets up others in their place: Daniel 2:21; 5:28–30.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. break in pieces--(Psa 2:9; Job 12:18; Da 2:21).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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