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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 34:22

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves . "All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do" ( Hebrews 4:13 ). However careful wicked men may be to conceal their misdeeds by "waiting for the twilight" ( Job 24:15 ), or doing them "in the dark" ( Job 24:16 ), they will find it quite impossible to escape the all-seeing eye of the Almighty, which is as clear-sighted in the deepest darkness as in the brightest... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 34:23

For he will not lay upon man more than right ; rather,for he needeth not further to consider a man (see the Revised Version). He has no need to consider any man's case twice; he sees it at the first glance, and judges it infallibly. That he should enter into judgment with God. Were it not so, a man might perhaps claim to have a second trial, and, pleading in his own defence, might "enter into judgment with God," or (according to others) "go before God in judgment;" but God's absolute... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 34:24

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number ; rather, in ways that are unsearchable , or in ways past finding out (see the Revised Version). And set others in their stead . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 34:25

Therefore ( i.e. to that end ' or with that object in view ) he knoweth (rather, taketh knowledge of ) their works . As God governs the world, and governs it, to a large extent, by exalting some men and depressing others, he is bound to take strict account of their conduct, that he may exalt the worthy and depress the unworthy. And he overturneth them in the night (comp. Job 34:20 ). So that they are destroyed ; literally, crushed. God's judgments fall on men... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 34:26

He striketh them as wicked men ; i.e. as open and acknowledged malefactors. In the open sight of others; literally, in the place of beholders ; i.e. publicly, openly, where their fate is an example to others. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 34:27

Because they turned back from him (On the sin of "turning back," see 2 Kings 17:15 , 2 Kings 17:16 ; Proverbs 26:11 ; 2 Peter 2:22 .) And would not consider any of his ways (comp. Psalms 28:5 ; Isaiah 5:12 ). The folly and wickedness of such conduct is reproved by Solomon in the strongest terms, "Because I have called, and ye refused: I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 34:28

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him . Elihu views the wicked man as almost certainly an oppressor, whose misdeeds "cause the cry of the poor to come before God," and provoke God, the Avenger of the poor and needy, to visit him with chastisement. And he heareth the cry of the afflicted (comp. Exodus 2:23 , Exodus 2:24 ; Exodus 22:23 , Exodus 22:24 ; Psalms 12:5 , etc.) God's ears are ever open to the cry of the oppressed, and his hand is ever heavy upon those... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 34:29

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? literally, Who then can condemn? The sentiment is the same as that of St. Paul in the Epistle to the Romans, "If God be for us, who can be against us? … Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth?" ( Romans 8:31-34 ). And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? When God hideth away his face, then all flesh is troubled ( Psalms 104:29 ); man shrinks into... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 34:29

The peace of God. I. PEACE IS A BLESSING OF THE HIGHEST VALUE . There is a quietness of death; the defeated are stilled; lethargy and inertness are quiet. And there is no blessedness in these things. True peace is alive, watchful, full of power and faculty, yet calm. The peace which our souls crave is inward restfulness. This may be found with much external activity, with much life and thought within also, but without confusion or tumult. The activity is harmonious. It is... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 34:30

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. read more

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