Job 34:25
Therefore He knows their works, || And He has overturned by night, || And they are bruised.
Literal Standard Version
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 breaks the mighty—no searching! And He appoints others in their stead.
26As wicked He has struck them, || In the place of beholders.
Cross References
Psalms 33:15Who is forming their hearts together, || Who is attending to all their works.
Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. Because in a night Ar of Moab was destroyed—It has been cut off, || Because in a night Kir of Moab was destroyed—It has been cut off.
Hosea 7:2And they do not say to their heart, || [That] I have remembered all their evil, || Now their doings have surrounded them, || They have been before My face.
1 Thessalonians 5:2for you have thoroughly known that the Day of the LORD so comes 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 →