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Job 34:27

Who as it were on purpose have revolted from him, and would not understand all his ways:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   God;   The Topic Concordance - Affliction;   Consideration;   Hearing;   Turning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rebellion against God;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elihu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
because they turned aside from following himand did not understand any of his ways
Hebrew Names Version
Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn't have regard in any of his ways:
King James Version
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
English Standard Version
because they turned aside from following him and had no regard for any of his ways,
New Century Version
because they stopped following God and did not care about any of his ways.
New English Translation
because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways,
Amplified Bible
Because they turned aside from following Him And would not consider or show regard for any of His ways,
New American Standard Bible
Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways,
World English Bible
Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn't have regard in any of his ways:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Because they haue turned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes:
Legacy Standard Bible
Because they turned aside from following Him,And had no insight from any of His ways;
Berean Standard Bible
because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
Contemporary English Version
and refused to obey him.
Complete Jewish Bible
because they turned away from following him and gave no thought to any of his ways,
Darby Translation
Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways;
Easy-to-Read Version
He will do this because they rebelled against him and ignored what he wanted.
George Lamsa Translation
Because they turned aside from following him, and did not consider any of his ways.
Good News Translation
because they have stopped following him and ignored all his commands.
Lexham English Bible
because they have turned aside from him and have not understood any of his ways,
Literal Translation
for so they turned from following Him, and they did not consider all His ways so as
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore turned they back traytorously and vnfaithfully fro hi, & wolde not receaue his wayes.
American Standard Version
Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
Bible in Basic English
Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Because they turned aside from following Him, and would not have regard to any of His ways;
King James Version (1611)
Because they turned backe from him, and would not consider any of his wayes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Because they tourned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Because they turned aside from the law of God, and did not regard his ordinances,
English Revised Version
Because they turned aside from following him, and would not have regard to any of his ways:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whiche yeden awei fro hym bi `castyng afore, and nolden vndurstonde alle hise weies.
Update Bible Version
Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
Webster's Bible Translation
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
New King James Version
Because they turned back from Him, And would not consider any of His ways,
New Living Translation
For they turned away from following him. They have no respect for any of his ways.
New Life Bible
Because they turned aside from following Him. They did not care about any of His ways.
New Revised Standard
because they turned aside from following him, and had no regard for any of his ways,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Forasmuch, as they turned from following him, and, none of his ways, did they teach;
Revised Standard Version
because they turned aside from following him, and had no regard for any of his ways,
Young's Literal Translation
Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways;

Contextual Overview

16 If then thou hast understanding, hear what is said, and hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Can he be healed that loveth not judgment? and how dost thou so far condemn him that is just? 18 Who saith to the king: Thou art an apostate: who calleth rulers ungodly: 19 Who accepteth not the persons of princes: nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands. 20 They shall suddenly die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and they shall pass, and take away the violent without hand. 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he considereth all their steps. 22 There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of death, where they may be hid who work iniquity. 23 For it is no longer in the power of man to enter into judgment with God. 24 He shall break in pieces many and innumerable, and shall make others to stand in their stead. 25 For he knoweth their works: and therefore he shall bring night on them, and they shall be destroyed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

turned: 1 Samuel 15:11, Psalms 125:5, Zephaniah 1:6, Luke 17:31, Luke 17:32, Acts 15:38, 2 Timothy 4:10, Hebrews 10:39

from him: Heb. from after him

would: Psalms 28:5, Psalms 107:43, Proverbs 1:29, Proverbs 1:30, Isaiah 1:3, Isaiah 5:12, Haggai 2:15-19

Reciprocal: Psalms 44:18 - heart Isaiah 26:11 - will

Cross-References

Genesis 34:2
And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.
Genesis 34:31
They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?
Exodus 2:14
But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us? wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared, and said: How is this come to be known?
Joshua 7:1
But the children of Israel transgressed the commandment, and took to their own use of that which was accursed. For Achan, the son of Charmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zare, of the tribe of Juda, took something of the anathema: and the Lord was angry against the children of Israel.
Joshua 7:13
Arise, sanctify the people, and say to them: Be ye sanctified against tomorrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel: The curse is in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thy enemies, till he be destroyed out of thee, that is defiled with this wickedness.
Joshua 7:21
For I saw among the spoils a scarlet garment, exceeding good, and two hundred sicles of silver, and a golden rule of fifty sicles: and I coveted them, and I took them away, and hid them in the ground in the midst of my tent, and the silver I covered with the earth that I dug up.
Esther 9:10
And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods.
Esther 9:16
Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king’s dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were killed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Because they turned back from him - Margin, “from after him.” That is, they receded, or went away from God.

And would not consider any of his ways - They would not regard or attend to any of his commands. The word way, in the Scriptures, is often used to denote “religion.” A “way” denotes the course of life which one leads; the path in which he walks. The “ways of God” denote his course or plan, his precepts or laws; and to depart from them, or to disregard them, is only another mode of saying that a man has no religion.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 34:27. Because they turned back — This is the reason why he has dealt with them in judgment. They had departed from him in their hearts, their moral conduct, and their civil government. He is speaking of corrupt and tyrannical rulers. And they did not, would not, understand any of his ways.


 
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