Tree of Life Version
Job 34:21
21“For His eyes are on the ways of man; He sees all his steps.
Job 34:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
- New International Version (NIV)“His eyes are on the ways of mortals; he sees their every step.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For His eyes are on the ways of man, And He sees all his steps.
Context of Job 34:21
19Who shows no partiality before princes, and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of His hands. 20They die in a moment, at midnight, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed without a hand. “For His eyes are on the ways of man; He sees all his steps. 22There is no gloom and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves. 23For He does not consider a man further that he should go before God in judgment.
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כִּי־עֵ֭ינָיו עַל־דַּרְכֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְֽכָל־צְעָדָ֥יו יִרְאֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:21
- Job 31:4Does He not see my ways and count all my steps?
- Genesis 16:13So she called Adonai who was speaking to her, “You are the God who sees me.” For she said, “Would I have gone here indeed looking for Him who looks after me?”
- 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of Adonai range throughtout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are wholly His. You have acted foolishly in this matter. Indeed, from now on you will have wars.”
- Psalms 34:15Depart from evil and do good. Seek shalom and pursue it.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart. Examine me, and know my anxious thoughts,
- Proverbs 5:21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of Adonai, and He observes all his paths.
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of Adonai are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.
- Jeremiah 16:17For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes.
- Jeremiah 17:10I Adonai search the heart, I try the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
- Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of men, to give each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
- Amos 9:8Behold, the eyes of my Lord Adonai are on the sinful kingdom. So I will utterly destroy it from the face of the earth. Nevertheless, I will not annihilate the house of Jacob.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Commentaries on Job 34:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21For his eyes are upon the ways of man - None can escape from his notice; compare Psalm 139:2-3.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. 2121. God's omniscience and omnipotence enable Him to execute immediate justice. He needs not to be long on the "watch," as Job thought (Job 7:12; 2Ch 16:9; Jr 32:19).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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