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Job 34:24
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He shatters the mighty without an investigationand sets others in their place.
He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And sets others in their place.
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
He shatters the mighty without investigation and sets others in their place.
Without asking questions, God breaks powerful people into pieces and puts others in their place.
He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.
"He breaks mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
"He breaks in pieces the mighty without investigation, And sets others in their place.
He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And sets others in their place.
He shall breake the mightie without seeking, and shall set vp other in their stead.
He breaks in pieces mighty men without searching anything out,And sets others in their place.
He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
Without asking for advice, God removes mighty leaders and puts others in their place.
He shatters the mighty without needing to investigate and sets up others in their place.
He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquiry, and setteth others in their stead;
He does not have to ask questions when people do wrong, even if they are powerful leaders. He simply destroys them and chooses others to take their place.
For he has brought misfortune to many men without number, and sets others in their places.
He shatters the mighty without investigation, and he sets others in their place.
He will break mighty men in pieces without inquiry, and make others stand in their place.
Many one, yee innumerable doth he punyshe and setteth other in their steades.
He breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.
He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.
He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.
He shall breake in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
He shall destroy the mightie without seeking, and shall set other in their steede.
For the Lord looks down upon all men, who comprehends unsearchable things, glorious also and excellent things without number.
He breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and setteth others in their stead.
God schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable; and schal make othere men to stonde for hem.
He breaks in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And sets others in their stead.
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
He brings the mighty to ruin without asking anyone, and he sets up others in their place.
He breaks powerful men in pieces without asking any reason, and puts others in their place.
He shatters the mighty without investigation, and sets others in their place.
He shattereth mighty ones unsearchably, and setteth up others in their stead:
He shall break in pieces many and innumerable, and shall make others to stand in their stead.
He shatters the mighty without investigation, and sets others in their place.
He breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.
"He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
break: Job 19:2, Psalms 2:9, Psalms 72:4, Psalms 94:5, Jeremiah 51:20-23, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 2:45
number: Heb. searching out
set: 1 Samuel 2:30-36, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Kings 14:7, 1 Kings 14:8, 1 Kings 14:14, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Daniel 5:28-31
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:35 - in his room Luke 1:52 - put 1 Corinthians 1:28 - to bring
Cross-References
On that same day Abraham obeyed God and circumcised his son Ishmael and all the other males in his household, including the slaves born in his home and those he had bought.
Ephron himself was sitting with the other Hittites at the meeting place at the city gate; he answered in the hearing of everyone there,
It was recognized as Abraham's property by all the Hittites who were there at the meeting.
Then you may stay here in our country with us; you may live anywhere you wish, trade freely, and own property."
Then we will agree to intermarriage. We will settle among you and become one people with you.
They took the flocks, the cattle, the donkeys, and everything else in the city and in the fields.
They took everything of value, captured all the women and children, and carried off everything in the houses.
"Do not give what is holy to dogs—they will only turn and attack you. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs—they will only trample them underfoot.
For whether or not a man is circumcised means nothing; what matters is to obey God's commandments.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number,.... Such as are mighty in bodily strength, as the giants of the old world, and such as were inhabitants of some parts of the land of Canaan; or mighty in power and authority, being kings, princes, rulers, and governors, over nations and cities; or mighty in wealth and riches, which give men power and strength; these God can and sometimes does break in pieces like potters' vessels, and even mighty kingdoms and nations themselves he will make like the chaff of the summer threshing floor: and even without number; or there have been and will be numberless instances of this kind; who can tell how many of these mighty men, men of gigantic stature, were drowned in the flood, or cut off by the sword of the Israelites in the land of Canaan? or "without search" d as it may be rendered; either on the part of God, who needs not any, with whom are unnecessary any formal inquiries into a cause, or examination of witnesses, in order to a judicial process against delinquents, all being naked and open before him at once; or on the part of man, with whom the ways and judgments of God are unsearchable and who ought not closely and curiously to inquire into any of his proceedings, and the causes and reasons of them, who does all things after the counsel of his own will. Mr. Broughton renders it "without end", for ever; with an everlasting destruction, an utter and irretrievable one; he so breaks them as that they never can be made whole again, like an earthen vessel that is broke to pieces and cannot be put together again;
and set others in their stead; God always provides for a succession in the world, that as when one generation goes off another comes on; when he destroyed the world with a flood, he preserved a family to replenish the earth; when the fathers of the Jewish nation, their carcasses fell in the wilderness, their children were raised up in their room to enter the good land and possess it; and particularly he provides for the civil government of the world and when he pulls down or removes one king he sets up another, and will not suffer kingdoms and states to fall into anarchy and confusion: and sometimes, when he casts down the mighty from their seats, he exalts men of low degree, as when he rejected Saul he took David from the sheepfold, 1 Samuel 16:11; and makes such kings and kingdoms to "stand" e stable and firm, as the kingdom of David, and as the word here used signifies.
d לא חקר "absque inquisitione", Beza, Mercerus; "sine investigatione", Michaelis; so Cocceius, Schultens. e ויעמד "et stare faciet", Pagninus, Montanus, V. L. so Mercerus, Drusius, Cocceius, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He shall break in pieces - He crushes or destroys the great. He is not intimidated by their wealth, their rank, or their number.
Without number - Margin, more correctly, “searching out.” That is, he does it without the protracted process of a judicial investigation. The Hebrew word used here (חקר chêqer) means properly “a searching out,” “an examination”; and the meaning here is, that there is no need of his going into a protracted investigation into the lives of wicked people before he brings them to punishment. He sees them at once; knows all their conduct, and may proceed against them without delay. Hence, it is that he comes often in such a sudden manner, and cuts them off. A human tribunal is under a necessity of examining witnesses and of attending to all the palliating circumstances, before it can pronounce a sentence on an offender. But it is not so with God. He judges at once and directly, and comes forth therefore in a sudden manner to cut down the guilty.
And set others in their stead - Place others in the situation which they now occupy. That is, he can with the utmost case make entire revolutions among people.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 34:24. He shall break in pieces — In multitudes of cases God depresses the proud, and raises up the humble and meek. Neither their strength nor number can afford them security.
