Job 34:30

From the reigning of a profane man, || From the snares of a people;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

In Context

29And 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.

31For has any said to God: I have taken away, || I do not do corruptly,

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:9And they have not listened, and Manasseh causes them to err, to do evil above the nations that YHWH destroyed from the presence of the sons of Israel.

Psalms 12:8The wicked walk around continually, || According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!

Ecclesiastes 9:18Better [is] wisdom than weapons of conflict, || And one sinner destroys much good!

Hosea 13:11I give to you a king in My anger, || And I take away in My wrath.

2 Thessalonians 2:4who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called god or worshiped, so as for him to have sat down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he is God.

Revelation 13:11And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb, and it was speaking 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 →

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