Job 34:24

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He shatters the mighty without investigation and sets others in their place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.

Context of Job 34:24

22There’s no darkness or deep shadow where troublemakers can hide. 23He doesn’t have to set a time for a person in order to bring him to divine judgment. He breaks mighty people into pieces without examining them and puts others in their places. 25He knows what they do, so he overthrows them at night, and they’re crushed. 26In return for their evil, he strikes them in public,

Job 34:24 word by word

יָרֹ֣עַ כַּבִּירִ֣ים לֹא־חֵ֑קֶר וַיַּעֲמֵ֖ד אֲחֵרִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He shall break in piecesרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · to shatterH7489
• mighty menכַּבִּירkabbîyr · mightyH3524
• without numberחֵ֫קֶרchêqer · searchH2714
• and setעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• othersאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312

Cross-references for Job 34:24

• Job 19:2“How long will you torment me and depress me with words?
• Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter. You will smash them to pieces like pottery.”
• Psalms 72:4May he grant justice to the people who are oppressed. May he save the children of needy people and crush their oppressor.
• Psalms 94:5They crush your people, O Lord. They make those who belong to you suffer.
• Jeremiah 51:20“You are my war club and my weapon for battle. I will use you to crush nations. I will use you to destroy kingdoms.
• Daniel 2:21He changes times and periods of history. He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to those who are wise and knowledge to those who have insight.
• 1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore, the Lord God of Israel declares: I certainly thought that your family and your father’s family would always live in my presence. “But now the Lord declares: I promise that I will honor those who honor me, and those who despise me will be considered insignificant.
• 1 Samuel 15:28Samuel told him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today. He has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
• 1 Kings 14:7Tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I picked you out of the people and made you a leader over my people Israel.
• Psalms 113:7He lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.
• Daniel 5:28Divided—your kingdom will be 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

Topics related to Job 34:24

• God

In the dictionaries

• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit
• Break

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