New International Version
Job 34:25
25Because he takes note of their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
Job 34:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore He knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He knows what they do, and in the night he overturns and destroys them.
Context of Job 34:25
23God has no need to examine people further, that they should come before him for judgment. 24Without inquiry he shatters the mighty and sets up others in their place. Because he takes note of their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed. 26He punishes them for their wickedness where everyone can see them, 27because they turned from following him and had no regard for any of his ways.
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לָכֵ֗ן יַ֭כִּיר מַעְבָּֽדֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָ֥פַךְ לַ֝֗יְלָה וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:25
- Psalms 33:15he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
- Isaiah 66:18“And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to come and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.
- Hosea 7:2but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me.
- Amos 8:7The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget anything they have done.
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
- Job 34:20They die in an instant, in the middle of the night; the people are shaken and they pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
- Isaiah 15:1A prophecy against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Commentaries on Job 34:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25He knoweth their works - He knows what they have done, and what they are plotting to do. He overturneth them in the night - In the revolution of a single night the plenitude of power on which the day closed is annihilated. See the cases of Belshazzar and Babylon.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Therefore he knoweth their works - Or, “Because he knoweth their works.” The word (לכן lākên ) here rendered “therefore” is evidently used as denoting that since or because he was intimately acquainted with all which they did, he could justly bring vengeance upon them without long investigation. And he overturneth them in the night - literally, “he turneth night;” meaning, probably, he turns night upon them; that is, he brings calamity upon them. The…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. 2525. Therefore--because He knows all things (Job 34:21). He knows their works, without a formal investigation (Job 34:24). in the night--suddenly, unexpectedly (Job 34:20). Fitly in the night, as it was in it that the godless hid themselves (Job 34:22). Umbreit, less simply, for "overturneth," translates, "walketh"; that is, God is ever on the alert, discovering all wickedness.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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