Job 34:29
When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted.
30that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:1And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and LORD had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
2 Kings 18:9And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Chronicles 36:14Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Job 23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,
Job 23:13But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.
Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
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 →