Job 34:25
For he knoweth their works : and therefore he shall bring night on them, and they shall be destroyed.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 shall break in pieces many and innumerable, and shall make others to stand in their stead.
26He hath struck them, as being wicked, in open sight.
Cross References
Psalms 33:15He who hath made the hearts of every one of them: who understandeth all their works.
Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, it is silent: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent.
Hosea 7:2And lest they may say in their hearts, that I remember all their wickedness: their own devices now have beset them about, they have been done before my face.
1 Thessalonians 5:2For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall so come, 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 →