Job 34:29
When he stays silent, who can condemn him? 1 If he hides his face, who can perceive him? 1 He rules over nation and individual alike, 1
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28In this way, they made the cry of poor people come to him; 1 he heard the cry of afflicted people. 1
30so that a godless man may not rule, 1 so that there may be no one to entrap people. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:1It happened that after the king had settled in his house, and after Yahweh had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,
2 Kings 18:9In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
2 Chronicles 36:14Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people were extremely unfaithful, and they followed the disgusting practices of the nations. They polluted the house of Yahweh which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
Job 23:8See, I go eastward, but he is not there, 1 and westward, but I cannot perceive him. 1
Job 23:13But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? 1 What he desires, he does. 1
Psalms 13:1How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me? 1 How long will you hide your face from me? 1
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 →