Job 34 · Verse 24

Job 34:24

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
Job 34:24, King James Version

Job 34:24 in other translations

BSBHe shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
WEBHe breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.
ASVHe breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.
YLTHe breaketh the mighty--no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.
DARBYHe breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquiry, and setteth others in their stead;
BBEHe sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.
WebsterHe shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

What does Job 34:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. break in pieces--(Psa 2:9; Job 12:18; Da 2:21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 34:16-30

Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumption to condemn God's proceedings, as Job had done by his discontents. Elihu suggests divers considerations to Job, to produce in him high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him to submit. Job had often wished to plead his…

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Job 34:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יָרֹ֣עַya.Ro.a'he breaksH7489
כַּבִּירִ֣יםka.bi.Rimmighty [ones]H3524
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
חֵ֑קֶרChe.kerinquiryH2714
וַיַּעֲמֵ֖דvai.ya.'a.Medand he appointedH5975
אֲחֵרִ֣ים'a.che.RimothersH312
תַּחְתָּֽם\׃tach.Tamin place of themH8478

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Cross references for Job 34:24

  • Psalms 113:7-8

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

  • Daniel 2:21

    And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

  • Psalms 72:4

    He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

  • Psalms 94:5

    They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.

  • Psalms 2:9

    Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

  • Daniel 5:28-31

    PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

  • Jeremiah 51:20-23

    Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

  • Job 12:19

    He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

  • Job 19:2

    How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

  • 1 Samuel 2:30-36

    Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. …

  • 1 Kings 14:7-8

    Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;

  • Daniel 2:34-35

    Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
break.
19:2; Ps 2:9; 72:4; 94:5; Jer 51:20-23; Da 2:21,34,35,44,45
number. Heb. searching out. set.
1Sa 2:30-36; 15:28; 1Ki 14:7,8,14; Ps 113:7,8; Da 5:28-31

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Context

  • Job 34:23

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

  • Job 34:24

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

  • Job 34:25

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

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Job 34:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El quebrantará á los fuertes sin pesquisa, y hará estar otros en su lugar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il brise les puissants, sans examen, et il fait que d’autres se tiennent à leur place;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er zerschmettert Gewaltige ohne Untersuchung, und setzt andere an ihre Stelle.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Conteret multos, et innumerabiles, et stare faciet alios pro eis.