Job 34:21-30
New Living Translation
21 “For God watches how people live;
he sees everything they do.
22 No darkness is thick enough
to hide the wicked from his eyes.
23 We don’t set the time
when we will come before God in judgment.
24 He brings the mighty to ruin without asking anyone,
and he sets up others in their place.
25 He knows what they do,
and in the night he overturns and destroys them.
26 He strikes them down because they are wicked,
doing it openly for all to see.
27 For they turned away from following him.
They have no respect for any of his ways.
28 They cause the poor to cry out, catching God’s attention.
He hears the cries of the needy.
29 But if he chooses to remain quiet,
who can criticize him?
When he hides his face, no one can find him,
whether an individual or a nation.
30 He prevents the godless from ruling
so they cannot be a snare to the people.
Job 34:21-30
Legacy Standard Bible
21 “For (A)His eyes are upon the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps.
22 There is (B)no darkness or shadow of death
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 [a]For He does not (C)need to consider a man further,
That he should go before God in judgment.
24 He breaks in pieces (D)mighty men without searching anything out,
And sets others in their place.
25 Therefore He (E)recognizes their labors,
And (F)He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed.
26 He (G)strikes them like the wicked
[b]In a public place,
27 Because they (H)turned aside from following Him,
And (I)had no insight from any of His ways;
28 So that they caused (J)the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might (K)hear the cry of the afflicted.
29 So if He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
So if He hides His face, who then can perceive Him?
He is above both nation and man altogether,
30 So that (L)godless men would not rule
Nor be snares of the people.
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