Job 34:30
that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
In Context
31Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
Cross References
2 Kings 21:9But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
Psalms 12:8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Hosea 13:11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself as God in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Revelation 13:11Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but 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 →