Job 34:27

27 because they have turned aside from him and have not understood 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 overturns [them] [in the] night {so that} they are crushed.

26 He strikes them {where the wicked stood}, {where there are onlookers},

27 because they have turned aside from him and have not understood any of his ways,

28 so that [they] cause [the] cry of distress from [the] helpless to come to him, and he hears [the] cry of distress from [the] needy,

29 but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,