New King James Version
Job 34:25
25Therefore He knows their works; 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.
- New International Version (NIV)Because he takes note of their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus, knowing their works, he overturns 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
23For He need not further consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment. 24He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place. Therefore He knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed. 26He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others, 27Because they turned back from Him, And would not consider any of His ways,
Read all of Job 34Job 34:25 word by word
לָכֵ֗ן יַ֭כִּיר מַעְבָּֽדֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָ֥פַךְ לַ֝֗יְלָה וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:25
- Psalms 33:15He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works.
- Isaiah 66:18“For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.
- Hosea 7:2They do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They are before My face.
- Amos 8:7The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their works.
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
- Job 34:20In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; The people are shaken and pass away; The mighty are taken away without a hand.
- Isaiah 15:1The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as 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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