Job 34:30
a person who rejects God should not rule so they don't mislead people.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
In Context
31If you were to say to God, ‘I have sinned, but I won't do bad things any more.
Cross References
2 Kings 21:9The people refused to listen and Manasseh led them to sin so that the evil they did was even worse than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.
Psalms 12:8even though the wicked are all around us, and evil is being promoted everywhere.
Ecclesiastes 9:18It's better to have wisdom than weapons of war; but a sinner can destroy a lot of good.
Hosea 13:11In my anger I give you a king, and in my fury I take one.
2 Thessalonians 2:4He is the enemy of God, and proudly sets himself up over everything that is called God and is worshiped. He even installs himself in God's Temple, claiming to be God.
Revelation 13:11Then I saw another beast, rising up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like 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 →