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

22No darkness is thick enough to hide the wicked from his eyes. 23We don’t set the time when we will come before God in judgment. He brings the mighty to ruin without asking anyone, and he sets up others in their place. 25He knows what they do, and in the night he overturns and destroys them. 26He strikes them down because they are wicked, doing it openly for all to see.

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 torture me? How long will you try to crush me with your words?
• Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.’”
• Psalms 72:4Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy, and to crush their oppressors.
• Psalms 94:5They crush your people, Lord, hurting those you claim as your own.
• Jeremiah 51:20“You are my battle-ax and sword,” says the Lord. “With you I will shatter nations and destroy many kingdoms.
• Daniel 2:21He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars.
• 1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore, the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi would always be my priests. But I will honor those who honor me, and I will despise those who think lightly of me.
• 1 Samuel 15:28And Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to someone else—one who is better than you.
• 1 Kings 14:7Give your husband, Jeroboam, this message from the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I promoted you from the ranks of the common people and made you ruler over my people Israel.
• Psalms 113:7He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump.
• Daniel 5:28Parsin means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been 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