Job 34:29
For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
28So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.
30Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people?
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:1And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,
2 Kings 18:9In the fourth year of king Ezechias, which was the seventh year of Osee the son of Ela king of Israel, Salmanasar king of the Assyrians came up to Samaria, and besieged it,
2 Chronicles 36:14Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people wickedly transgressed according to all the abominations of the Gentiles: and they defiled the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.
Job 23:8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
Job 23:13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
Psalms 13:1Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away 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 →