Revised Version 1895
Job 34:27
27Because they turned aside from following him, and would not have regard to any of his ways:
Job 34:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
- New International Version (NIV)because they turned from following him and had no regard for any of his ways.
- English Standard Version (ESV)because they turned aside from following him and had no regard for any of his ways,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because they turned back from Him, And would not consider any of His ways,
Context of Job 34:27
25Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. 26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; Because they turned aside from following him, and would not have regard to any of his ways: 28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted. 29When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike:
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אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־כֵּ֭ן סָ֣רוּ מֵֽאַחֲרָ֑יו וְכָל־דְּ֝רָכָ֗יו לֹ֣א הִשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 34:27
- 1 Samuel 15:11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
- Psalms 125:5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
- Zephaniah 1:6and them that are turned back from following the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired after him.
- Luke 17:31In that day, he which shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.
- Acts 15:38But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
- 2 Timothy 4:10for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
- Hebrews 10:39But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.
- Psalms 28:5Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall break them down and not build them up.
- Psalms 107:43Whoso is wise shall give heed to these things, and they shall consider the mercies of the LORD.
- Proverbs 1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
- Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
- Isaiah 5:12And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
- Haggai 2:15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
Commentaries on Job 34:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Because they turned back - This is the reason why he has dealt with them in judgment. They had departed from him in their hearts, their moral conduct, and their civil government. He is speaking of corrupt and tyrannical rulers. And they did not, would not, understand any of his ways.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Because they turned back from him - Margin, “from after him.” That is, they receded, or went away from God. And would not consider any of his ways - They would not regard or attend to any of his commands. The word way, in the Scriptures, is often used to denote “religion.” A “way” denotes the course of life which one leads; the path in which he walks. The “ways of God” denote his course or plan, his precepts or laws; and to depart from them, or to…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. 27-2827-28. The grounds of their punishment in Job 34:26. Job 34:28 states in what respect they "considered not God's ways," namely, by oppression, whereby "they caused the cry," &c.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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