Job 34:19-29

19 Who shows no ¹partiality * to princes Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the ²work of His hands?

20 "In a moment they die, and ³at midnight * People are shaken and pass away, And ⁴the mighty are taken away without a hand.

21 "For ⁵His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps.

22 "There is ⁶no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

23 "For He does not ⁷need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment.

24 "He breaks in pieces ⁸mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.

25 "Therefore He ⁹knows their works, And ¹⁰He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.

26 "He ¹¹strikes them like the wicked In a public place,

27 Because * * they ¹²turned aside from following Him, And ¹³had no regard for any of His ways;

28 So that they caused ¹⁴the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He might ¹⁵hear 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?-

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Job 34:19-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 34

In this chapter Elihu reassumes his discourse, and proceeds in his answer to Job, in which are first a preface exciting attention, Job 34:1-4; then a charge is brought against Job, expressed in or extracted from some words that dropped from his lips, not so well guarded, Job 34:5-9; a refutation of these expressions of his in a variety of arguments, Job 34:10-30; and the chapter is closed with some good advice to Job, Job 34:31-33; and with an earnest request of Elihu to men of understanding, to join with him in trying him to the uttermost, Job 34:34-37.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 15

1. Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 10:17; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Galatians 2:6; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 3:25; 1 Peter 1:17
2. Job 10:3
3. Exodus 12:29; Job 34:25; Job 36:20
4. Job 12:19
5. Job 24:23; Job 31:4; Proverbs 5:21; Proverbs 15:3; Jeremiah 16:17
6. Psalms 139:11, 12; Amos 9:2, 3
7. Job 11:11
8. Job 12:19
9. Job 34:11
10. Job 34:20
11. Psalms 9:5; Psalms 11:5
12. 1 Samuel 15:11
13. Job 21:14
14. Job 35:9; James 5:4
15. Exodus 22:23; Job 22:27

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "In the place of the ones seeing"

Job 34:19-29

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Job 34:19-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 34

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