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Job 34:16-29
New International Version
Job 34:16-29
New International Version
16 “If you have understanding,(A) hear this;
listen to what I say.(B)
17 Can someone who hates justice govern?(C)
Will you condemn the just and mighty One?(D)
18 Is he not the One who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’
and to nobles,(E) ‘You are wicked,’(F)
19 who shows no partiality(G) to princes
and does not favor the rich over the poor,(H)
for they are all the work of his hands?(I)
20 They die in an instant, in the middle of the night;(J)
the people are shaken and they pass away;
the mighty are removed without human hand.(K)
21 “His eyes are on the ways of mortals;(L)
he sees their every step.(M)
22 There is no deep shadow,(N) no utter darkness,(O)
where evildoers can hide.(P)
23 God has no need to examine people further,(Q)
that they should come before him for judgment.(R)
24 Without inquiry he shatters(S) the mighty(T)
and sets up others in their place.(U)
25 Because he takes note of their deeds,(V)
he overthrows them in the night(W) and they are crushed.(X)
26 He punishes them for their wickedness(Y)
where everyone can see them,
27 because they turned from following him(Z)
and had no regard for any of his ways.(AA)
28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before him,
so that he heard the cry of the needy.(AB)
29 But if he remains silent,(AC) who can condemn him?(AD)
If he hides his face,(AE) who can see him?
Yet he is over individual and nation alike,(AF)
Job 34:16-29
King James Version
Job 34:16-29
King James Version
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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