Job 34:24 · KJV
“He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. {number: Heb. searching out}”
— Job 34:24
For he will not lay upon man more {than right}; that he should enter into judgment with God. {enter: Heb. go}
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth {them} in the night, so that they are destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. crushed}
Job 34 — Context
{There is} no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23For he will not lay upon man more {than right}; that he should enter into judgment with God. {enter: Heb. go}
24He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. {number: Heb. searching out}
25Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth {them} in the night, so that they are destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. crushed}
26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; {open...: Heb. place of beholders}
Cross References
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.
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.
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 113:7-8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and} lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Job 12:19
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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.
Daniel 5:28-31
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.