Job 34:29
And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, || [It is] the same.
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In Context
28To cause to come to Him || The cry of the poor, || And He hears the cry of the afflicted.
30From the reigning of a profane man, || From the snares of a people;
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:1And it comes to pass, when the king sat in his house, and YHWH has given rest to him all around, from all his enemies,
2 Kings 18:9And it comes to pass, in the fourth year of King Hezekiah—it [is] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel—Shalmaneser king of Asshur has come up against Samaria and lays siege to it,
2 Chronicles 36:14Also, all the heads of the priests and the people have multiplied to commit a trespass according to all the abominations of the nations, and they defile the house of YHWH that He has sanctified in Jerusalem.
Job 23:8Behold, I go forward—and He is not, || And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
Job 23:13And He [is] in one [mind], || And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
Psalms 13:1TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Until when, O YHWH, || Do You forget me forever? Until when do You hide Your 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 →