New English Translation
Job 34:24
24He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up 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.
- 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 is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves. 23For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment. He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place. 25Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed. 26He strikes them for their wickedness, in a place where people can 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 crush me with your words?
- Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”
- Psalms 72:4He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.
- Psalms 94:5O Lord, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.
- Jeremiah 51:20“Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.
- Daniel 2:21He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;
- 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
- 1 Samuel 15:28Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!
- 1 Kings 14:7Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: “I raised you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.
- Psalms 113:7He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,
- Daniel 5:28As for peres – your kingdom is divided and given over 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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