Job 34:27

27 Because * * they ¹turned aside from following Him, And ²had no regard for any of His ways;

Job 34:27 Meaning and Commentary

Job 34:27

Because they turned back from him
Became apostates from the ways and worship of God, as the posterity of Cain before the flood, and the posterity of Ham after it; who had been educated and trained up therein, and turned from the law of God, as the Septuagint version, from the light and law of nature:

and would not consider any of his ways;
either of providence, whether in a way of mercy which might lead to repentance, or in a way of judgment which might be a caution and instruction to them; or of his precepts, the way of his commandments, not any of these would they consider; so as to express a value for them, show any regard to them, and walk in them; and which was owing to the stubbornness of their wills; they would not advert to them.

Job 34:27 In-Context

25 "Therefore He knows their works, And He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.

26 "He strikes them like the wicked In a public place,

27 Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways;

28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted -

29 When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, That is, in regard to both nation and man?-

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 15:11
• 2. Job 21:14