Job 34:30 · KJV
“That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.”
— Job 34:30
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}:
Job 34 — Context
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:
30That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}:
32{That which} I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:2-12
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. {in...: or, increased}
1 Kings 12:28-30
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves {of} gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. {men: Heb. of the sons of the men}
2 Thessalonians 2:4-11
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Job 34:21
For his eyes {are} upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Hosea 13:11
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took {him} away in my wrath.
2 Kings 21:9
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
Revelation 13:11-14
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.