Job 34:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mightye shall be taken away without hand. ”

• Job 34:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  In a moment shall they die - That is, the rich and the great. They pass suddenly off the stage of action. They have no power to compel God to favor them, and they have no permanency of existence...

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• Job 34:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  In a moment shall they die, (o) and the people shall be troubled at midnight, (p) and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. (o) When they look not for it. (p) The messengers o...

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• Job 34:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Injustice is incompatible with rule. How does Job condemn God, before whom even kings and princes are vile, and who regards rich and poor alike? He sees the oppressor and suddenly destroys him. In...

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• Job 34:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  without hand. Compare Daniel 2:34 ; Daniel 2:45 ; Daniel 8:25 . and see 1 Samuel 26:11 .

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• Job 34:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. In a moment shall they die - Both are equally dependent on th...

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• Job 34:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. They - "the rich" and "princes" who offend God. Th...

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• Job 34:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-9. Elihu appeals to his hearers to judge the matter. He protests against the complaints of Job that he was treated unjustly by God, and that it was no profit to...

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• Job 34:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  In a moment shall they die — i.e. , “they all alike die, rich and poor together; the hour of death is not hastened for the poor nor delayed for the rich. They all alike die.” Even at midnight th...

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• Job 34:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XXV. POST-EXILIC WISDOM Job 32:1-22 ; Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 A PERSONAGE hitherto unnamed in the course of the drama now assumes the place of critic and judge between Job and his friends....

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• Job 34:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Almighty Must Be Just Job 34:1-37 Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of...

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• Job 34:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Job gave no answer to the challenge, and Elihu proceeded. He first appealed to the wise men, asked that they would listen in order to try his words. He then made two quotations from the things Job ha...

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• Job 34:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (13) Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? (14) If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; (15) All flesh shall per...

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• Job 34:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  In a moment shall they die ,.... Princes as well as the common people, rich men as well as poor; all must and do die, great and small, high and low, kings and peasants, rich and poor men, and someti...

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• Job 34:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. Ver. 20. In a moment shall they die ] Be they mean or migh...

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• Job 34:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  In a moment shall they die Whensoever God doth but give the word, and send his summons for them. The rich and the prince, no less than the poor, must submit to the law of death, which God hath impo...

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• Job 34:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  HIS APPEAL AS TO WISE MEN (vv.1-4) Since Job had wisely refrained from speaking, Elihu makes an appeal to all his hearers, as to wise men (v.2). This reminds us of 1 Corinthians 10:15 , "I speak...

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• Job 34:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.   17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?   18 Is it fit to...

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• Job 34:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  In a moment; whensoever God doth but give the word, and send his summons for them. Shall they, i. e. the rich and the prince, no less than the poor, must submit to the law of death, which God hat...

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• Job 34:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  ELIHU’S SECOND SPEECH Probably after waiting for a reply from Job, and none being forthcoming, Elihu resumes. Job 34:1 .—“Furthermore Elihu answered (took up speech), and said”. Job’s silence p...

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• Job 34:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Job 34:1-3 . Furthermore Elihu answered and said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. I wish that vers...

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• Job 34:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 34:5 . Job hath said God hath taken away my judgment. See on Job 27:2 . Elihu, in every accusation, takes or turns Job's words in a wrong sense. Job meant that God had varied, in regard of hi...

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• Job 34:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  If now thou hast understanding, hear this. Elihu’s remonstrance I. Founded on the supremacy of God. Where there is absolute supremacy, there can be no injustice. There are some who speak of the...

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• Job 34:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 34:1-18 In this chapter Elihu turns from Job to those whom he addresses as "wise men" (verse 2), or "men of understanding" (verse 10). Whether these are Job's three special f...

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• Job 34:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Proof of the Divine Righteousness

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• Job 34:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 25:37-39 ; 1 Samuel 26:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:2 ; 2 Peter 2:3 ; Acts 12:23 ; Daniel 2:34 ; Daniel 2:44 ; Daniel 2:45 ; Daniel 5:30 ; Exodus 12:29 ; Exodus 12:30 ; Isaiah 10:16-19...

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• Job 34:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  High Altitudes in Elihu's Answer to Job Job 32:1-22 , Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 ; Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to that part of the Book of Job which present...

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