Job 34:30
that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
BSB
ASV
That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.
KJV
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
That the hypocrite reign not,.... These words seem to be connected with Job 34:24, "he breaketh in pieces mighty men", &c. the whole of Job 34:29 being read in a parenthesis; or with the phrase "he hideth his face"; as God is said to be in the destruction of mighty wicked men, who oppress the poor, and cause their cry to come to God, to prevent the reign of an hypocrite, or however to shorten it.
That the hypocrite reign not - The Vulgate translates, Who causes a wicked man to reign because of the sins of the people. This was precisely the defense which Hegiage, the oppressive ruler of the Babylonian Irak, under the caliph Abdul Malec, made when he found the people in a state of insurrection. See at the end of the chapter, Job 34:37 (note).
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Hosea 13:11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
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