Job 34:25
Therefore he takes knowledge of their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
In Context
24He breaks in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, and sets others in their stead.
26He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others
Cross References
Psalms 33:15he who fashions the hearts of them all, who considers all their works.
Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nothing.
Hosea 7:2And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own doings have surrounded them; they are before my face.
1 Thessalonians 5:2For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
Matthew Henry on Job 34:17-31
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. 20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken… Read the whole commentary →