Job 34:21

21 God's eyes are on human ways, and he sees all their steps.

Job 34:21 Meaning and Commentary

Job 34:21

For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man
Which denotes the omniscience of God, which reaches to every man, to every individual, and to all men in general; and to their ways, to every step taken by them, to the whole of their lives and conversations, and every action of them; to all their internal and external ways and goings; perhaps the former may be meant in this, and the latter in the following clause. This may denote all their inward thoughts, the workings of their mind, the imaginations of their heart; all their secret purposes, designs, and schemes; and all the desires and affections of their soul; and all these, whether good or bad:

and he seeth all his goings;
the whole of his walk and conversation, conduct and behaviour; all his external ways, works, and actions; and these whether of good or bad men, see ( Psalms 139:1-6 ) .

Job 34:21 In-Context

19 Who shows no favor to princes nor regards the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of God's hands?
20 In the middle of the night they suddenly die; people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are removed, not by a human hand.
21 God's eyes are on human ways, and he sees all their steps.
22 There's no darkness, no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves;
23 surely no time is set for a person to appear before God in judgment.
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