Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version to keep the godless from ruling, from laying snares for the people. New Living Translation He prevents the godless from ruling so they cannot be a snare to the people. English Standard Version that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people. Berean Standard Bible that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people. King James Bible That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. New King James Version That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared. New American Standard Bible “So that godless people would not rule, Nor be snares for the people. NASB 1995 So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares of the people. NASB 1977 So that godless men should not rule, Nor be snares of the people. Legacy Standard Bible So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares of the people. Amplified Bible “So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares for the people. Christian Standard Bible so that godless men should not rule or ensnare the people. Holman Christian Standard Bible so that godless men should not rule or ensnare the people. American Standard Version That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because a changeable man does not reign, or a sinner over the people Brenton Septuagint Translation causing a hypocrite to be king, because of the waywardness of the people. Contemporary English Version But still, he punishes rulers who abuse their people. Douay-Rheims Bible Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people? English Revised Version That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people. GOD'S WORD® Translation [He does this] so that godless people cannot rule and so that they cannot trap people. Good News Translation There would be nothing that nations could do to keep godless oppressors from ruling them. International Standard Version to keep the godless man from reigning or laying a snare for the people." JPS Tanakh 1917 That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people. Literal Standard Version From the reigning of a profane man, | From the snares of a people; Majority Standard Bible that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people. New American Bible Let an impious man not rule, nor those who ensnare their people. NET Bible so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people. New Revised Standard Version so that the godless should not reign, or those who ensnare the people. New Heart English Bible that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people. Webster's Bible Translation That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people should be ensnared. World English Bible that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people. Young's Literal Translation From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elihu Confirms God's Justice…29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation, 30that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people. 31Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.… Cross References Job 5:15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful. Job 20:5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary? Job 34:17 Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One, Job 34:29 But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation, Job 34:31 Suppose someone says to God, 'I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more. Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan. Treasury of Scripture That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. Job 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 1 Kings 12:28-30 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt… 2 Kings 21:9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. Jump to Previous Ensnare Ensnared Godless Hypocrite Profane Reign Reigning Rule Ruling Snares UngodlyJump to Next Ensnare Ensnared Godless Hypocrite Profane Reign Reigning Rule Ruling Snares UngodlyJob 34 1. Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice10. God omnipotent cannot be unjust 31. Man must humble himself unto God 34. Elihu reproves Job (30) That the hypocrite reign not.--Rather, (whether God is provoked), on account of an ungodly man reigning, or by the snares of a whole people: i.e., the corruption of a nation, e.g., Sodom, &c.Verse 30. - That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared; rather, that an ungodly man reign not, that a people be not a snare. (So Schultens, Professor Lee, and others.) The passage is obscure from its brevity; but this seems to be the best sense. God withdraws his favour from an ungodly king or from a wicked nation, that the king may cease to injure men by his rule, and the nation cease to be a snare to its neighbours. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew that godlessחָנֵ֗ף (ḥā·nêp̄) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2611: Profane, irreligious men אָדָ֥ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being should not rule מִ֭מְּלֹךְ (mim·mə·lōḵ) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel or lay snares מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי (mim·mō·qə·šê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4170: A bait or lure, a snare for the people. עָֽם׃ (‘ām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links Job 34:30 NIVJob 34:30 NLT Job 34:30 ESV Job 34:30 NASB Job 34:30 KJV Job 34:30 BibleApps.com Job 34:30 Biblia Paralela Job 34:30 Chinese Bible Job 34:30 French Bible Job 34:30 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 34:30 That the godless man may not reign (Jb) |
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