Job 34:30
Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
In Context
31Seeing then I have spoken of God, I will not hinder thee in thy turn.
Cross References
2 Kings 21:9But they hearkened not: but were seduced by Manasses, to do evil more than the nations which the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.
Psalms 12:8Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us.: and keep us from this generation for ever.
Ecclesiastes 9:18Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.
Hosea 13:11I will give thee a king in my wrath, and will take him away in my indignation.
2 Thessalonians 2:4Who opposeth, and is lifted up above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he were God.
Revelation 13:11And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns, like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.
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 →