Job 34:30
28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
29 But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
31 Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
32 Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
- KJV
- That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
- WEB
- that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
- ASV
- That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.
- DARBY
- That the ungodly man reign not, that the people be not ensnared.
- BLB
- from the reigning of godless a man, from the snares of the people.
- ÅB
- for at et gudløst menneske ikke skal herske, for at det ikke skal være snarer for folket.
- OTB
- for å forhindre at de gudløse styrer
og legger snarer for folket. - B1930
- forat et gudløst menneske ikke skal herske, forat det ikke skal være snarer for folket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 29:2–12
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Read in contextPsalms 12:8
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
Read in contextRevelation 13:3–4
One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:4–11
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Read in contextJob 34:21
For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
Read in contextMicah 6:16
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
Read in context2 Kings 21:9
But 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.
Read in contextHosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
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