Job 34:19
Who accepteth not the persons of princes : nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man : for all are the work of his hands.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
18Who saith to the king : Thou art an apostate : who calleth rulers ungodly?
Cross References
Exodus 30:15The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing.
Deuteronomy 10:17Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, a who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.
Job 10:3Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked?
Job 12:21He poureth contempt upon princes, and relieveth them that were oppressed.
Job 31:15Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.
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 →