Job 34:20 Explained in Context

Verse 16. ¹⁶ If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

Verse 17. ¹⁷ Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

Verse 18. ¹⁸ Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

Verse 19. 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.

Verse 20. 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.

Verse 21. ²¹ For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

Verse 22. ²² There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Verse 23. ²³ For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Verse 24. ²⁴ He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

Verse 25. ²⁵ Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

Verse 26. ²⁶ He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Verse 27. ²⁷ Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

Verse 28. ²⁸ So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Verse 29. 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:

Verse 30. ³⁰ That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.