Tree of Life Version
Job 34:24
24He shatters the mighty without inquiry, and sets others in their place.
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
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. He shatters the mighty without inquiry, and sets others in their place. 25Thus He recognizes their deeds, He overturns them in the night and they are crushed. 26He strikes them for their wickedness in a place where people can see,
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יָרֹ֣עַ כַּבִּירִ֣ים לֹא־חֵ֑קֶר וַיַּעֲמֵ֖ד אֲחֵרִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:24
- Job 19:2“How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words?
- Psalms 2:9You shall break the nations with an iron scepter. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s jar.”
- Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the poor of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.
- Psalms 94:5They crush Your people, Adonai, and afflict Your heritage.
- Jeremiah 51:20“You are My club, a war weapon— with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms.
- Daniel 2:21He changes times and seasons. He removes kings and installs kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
- 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore Adonai God of Israel declares, I indeed said that your house and your father’s house should walk before Me forever. But now declares Adonai, far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- 1 Samuel 15:28Then Samuel said to him, “Adonai has torn the kingship over Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
- 1 Kings 14:7Go tell Jeroboam, thus says Adonai, God of Israel: ‘I raised you up from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel.
- Psalms 113:7He raises the poor from the dust, lifts up the needy out of the dunghill,
- Daniel 5:28PERES: 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
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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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