Job 34:30
Because the hypocrite doeth reigne, and because the people are snared.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
In Context
31Surely it appertaineth vnto God to say, I haue pardoned, I will not destroy.
Cross References
2 Kings 21:9Yet they obeyed not, but Manasseh ledde them out of the way, to doe more wickedly then did the heathen people, whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.
Psalms 12:8The wicked walke on euery side: when they are exalted, it is a shame for the sonnes of men.
Ecclesiastes 9:18Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Hosea 13:11I gaue thee a King in mine anger, and I tooke him away in my wrath.
2 Thessalonians 2:4Which is an aduersarie, and exalteth him selfe against all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he doeth sit as God in the Temple of God, shewing him selfe that he is God.
Revelation 13:11And I beheld another beast comming vp out of the earth, which had two hornes like the Lambe, but he spake like the 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 →