Job 34:27
in Job 34because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
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ASV
Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
KJV
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
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This verse in Job 34
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
This site's exposition
He strikes them for their wickedness
on Job 34:26-30
“He strikes them for their wickedness in full view” answers the charge of a hidden justice. Because “they turned aside from Him”, they caused “the cry of the poor to come before Him”, so the argument turns to mercy. Henry reads verse 29 as the hardest line for a sufferer.
This site's exposition
no regard for any of His ways
Adam Clarke reads the verse of corrupt rulers who turned aside from God in heart, conduct and government, with no regard for His ways. Gregory the Dialogist names three roots of sin, ignorance, weakness and set purpose. He counts turning aside from God on purpose as the worst.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
But they themselves have rejected this and so he says, "who have departed from him almost on purpose," from God in sinning from certain malice. He therefore posits that there is affected ignorance in them when he then says, "and they did not wish to …
Who departed from Him, as it were on purpose. For we must understand that a sin is committed in three ways. For it is perpetrated either through ignorance, or infirmity, or of set purpose. And we sin more grievously from infirmity than through ignorance, but much more grievously of set purpose than from infirmity.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
This is at the bottom of all the wickedness of the wicked, they turn back from God; and it is because they do not consider, not because they cannot, but because they will not.
Because they turned back from him,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֭ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| סָ֣רוּ | saru | they turned aside | H5493 → | 299 times |
| מֵֽאַחֲרָ֑יו | meacharav | from after him | H310 → | 715 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דְּ֝רָכָ֗יו | derakhav | ways his | H1870 → | 707 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃ | hiskilu | they considered | H7919 → | 62 times |
אֲשֶׁ֣רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֭ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
סָ֣רוּthey turned aside
saruH5493 →299 times
מֵֽאַחֲרָ֑יוfrom after him
meacharavH310 →715 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
דְּ֝רָכָ֗יוways his
derakhavH1870 →707 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הִשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃they considered
hiskiluH7919 →62 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 15:38But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
it leads to
- Acts 13:13
After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
- Acts 13:13
Through
Hebrews 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
it leads to
- 1 John 5:5
Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
- 1 Peter 1:5
who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
- 1 John 5:5
Through
Psalms 28:5Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.
it leads to
- Isaiah 5:12
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- Romans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Isaiah 5:12
Through
1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 13:13
“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
- Genesis 6:6
And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
- 1 Samuel 13:13
Through
Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
it leads to
- Psalms 28:5
Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.
- Psalms 28:5
About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXV; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.