Job 34:27
Because they have departed from following him, and have not considered all his ways.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
In Context
26Among wicked men doth he strike them, in the place where [many] see them:
28Bringing before them the cry of the indigent, and the cry of the afflicted which he had to hear.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:11I repent that I have set up Saul as king; for he hath turned back from following me, and my word hath he not performed: and it displeased Samuel, and he cried unto the Lord all the night.
Psalms 28:5Because they have no regard for the doings of the Lord, nor the works of his hands: may he pull them down, and not build them up.
Psalms 125:5But as for those who turn aside unto their crooked ways, them will the Lord drive away with the workers of wickedness; but peace shall be upon Israel.
Proverbs 15:10An evil correction is [destined] for him that forsaketh the [right] path; he that hateth admonition will die.
Isaiah 1:28But destruction shall come over transgressors and sinners together, and those that forsake the Lord shall perish.
Jeremiah 2:17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, through thy forsaking the Lord thy God, while he was leading thee on the [right] way?
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 →