English Standard Version
Job 34:30
30that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He prevents the godless from ruling so they cannot be a snare to the people.
Context of Job 34:30
28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted— 29When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?— that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people. 31"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more; 32teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
Read all of Job 34Job 34:30 word by word
מִ֭מְּלֹךְ אָדָ֥ם חָנֵ֗ף מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי עָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:30
- Job 34:21"For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
- 1 Kings 12:28So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, "You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
- 2 Kings 21:9But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations had done whom the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel.
- Psalms 12:8On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
- Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after filth.
- Hosea 13:11I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
- Micah 6:16For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of my people."
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
- Revelation 13:3One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.
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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