English Standard Version
Job 34:26
26He strikes them for their wickedness in a place for all to see,
Job 34:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
- New International Version (NIV)He punishes them for their wickedness where everyone can see them,
- New King James Version (NKJV)He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others,
- New Living Translation (NLT)He strikes them down because they are wicked, doing it openly for all to see.
Context of Job 34:26
24He 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. He strikes them for their wickedness in a place for all to see, 27because they turned aside from following him and had no regard for any of his ways, 28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted—
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תַּֽחַת־רְשָׁעִ֥ים סְפָקָ֗ם בִּמְק֥וֹם רֹאִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:26
- Exodus 14:30Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
- Deuteronomy 13:9But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.
- Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
- 2 Samuel 12:11Thus says the Lord, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
- Psalms 58:10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Isaiah 66:24"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
- 1 Timothy 5:20As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.
- Revelation 18:9And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
Commentaries on Job 34:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26He striketh them as wicked men - At other times he executes his judgments more openly; and they are suddenly destroyed in the sight of the people.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26He striketh them as wicked men - literally, “Under the wicked, or on account of the wicked, he smites them.” That is, he deals with them “as if” they were wicked; he regards and treats them as such. He deals with them “under” the general character of wicked people, and punishes them accordingly. In the open sight of others - Margin, as in Hebrew “in the place of beholders.” The idea is, that it is done openly or publicly. Their sins had been committed in…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. 26When God shows justice openly, it causes evil people to have proper fear (Deuteronomy 21:21; 1 Timothy 5:20). This leads to public joy among people in a right relationship with God (compare Exodus 14:30–31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. He striketh them--chasteneth. as--that is, because they are wicked. sight of others--Sinners hid themselves in darkness; therefore they are punished before all, in open day. Image from the place of public execution (Job 40:12; Ex 14:30; 2Sa 12:12).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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