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Bishop's Bible

Job 34:26

The vngodly doth he punishe openly,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   God;   The Topic Concordance - Affliction;   Consideration;   Hearing;   Turning;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elihu;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Job, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In full view of the public,he strikes them for their wickedness,
Hebrew Names Version
He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others;
King James Version
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
English Standard Version
He strikes them for their wickedness in a place for all to see,
New Century Version
He punishes them for the evil they do so that everyone else can watch,
New English Translation
He strikes them for their wickedness, in a place where people can see,
Amplified Bible
"He strikes them like the wicked In a public place,
New American Standard Bible
"He strikes them like the wicked In a public place,
World English Bible
He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others;
Geneva Bible (1587)
He striketh them as wicked men in the places of the seers,
Legacy Standard Bible
He strikes them like the wickedIn a public place,
Berean Standard Bible
He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,
Contemporary English Version
And while others look on, he punishes them because they were evil
Complete Jewish Bible
He strikes them as if they were common criminals in the open sight of others,
Darby Translation
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others,
Easy-to-Read Version
He will punish them for the evil they have done, and he will do it where everyone can see.
George Lamsa Translation
Their works shall be crushed under the weight of their wickedness in a land of terror;
Good News Translation
He punishes sinners where all can see it,
Lexham English Bible
He strikes them where the wicked stood, where there are onlookers,
Literal Translation
He strikes them for evil deeds in the place of the spectators,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They that were in ye steade of Seers, dealt like vngodly me.
American Standard Version
He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;
Bible in Basic English
The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
King James Version (1611)
He striketh them as wicked men, in the open sight of others:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he quite destroys the ungodly, for they are seen before him.
English Revised Version
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He smoot hem, as vnpitouse men, in the place of seinge men.
Update Bible Version
He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Webster's Bible Translation
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
New King James Version
He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others,
New Living Translation
He strikes them down because they are wicked, doing it openly for all to see.
New Life Bible
God punishes them for their sin where everyone can see them.
New Revised Standard
He strikes them for their wickedness while others look on,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the place of lawless men, hath he chastised them, in presence of beholders.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath struck them, as being wicked, in open sight.
Revised Standard Version
He strikes them for their wickedness in the sight of men,
Young's Literal Translation
As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He strikes them like the wicked In a public place,

Contextual Overview

16 If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes: 17 May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly? 18 Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes? 19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes. 20 In the twinckling of an eye shall they dye, and at midnight when the people and the tirantes rage, then shall they perishe, & be taken away without handes. 21 For his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goinges. 22 There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him. 23 For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should enter into iudgement with him. 24 He shall destroy the mightie without seeking, and shall set other in their steede. 25 Therefore shall he declare their workes: he shall turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in: Exodus 14:30, Deuteronomy 13:9-11, Deuteronomy 21:21, 2 Samuel 12:11, 2 Samuel 12:12, Psalms 58:10, Psalms 58:11, Isaiah 66:24, 1 Timothy 5:20, 1 Timothy 5:24, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:20

open sight of others: Heb. place of beholders

Reciprocal: Psalms 28:5 - Because Ezekiel 16:41 - and execute

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 32:42
I wyll make myne arrowes drunke with blood, and my sworde shal deuour fleshe, & that for the blood of the slayne, and for their captiuitie, sence the begynnyng of the wrath of the enemie.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Ioab, and said: Shall the sword deuour for euer? Knowest thou not, that it wil be bitternesse in the latter ende? Howe long then shall it be yer thou bid the people returne from folowing their brethren?
Isaiah 31:8
Assur also shalbe slayne with the sworde, not with a mans sworde, neither shal the sworde of any man deuour hym, and he shall flee from the slaughter, and his choise young men shalbe discomfited.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He striketh them as wicked men,.... Such is the strict justice of God, that he never strikes men, or inflicts punishment on them, or brings down his judgments upon them, but as wicked men, and because of their wickedness; the casting of man out of Eden was for his sin, as well as the casting down the angels from heaven that sinned; the drowning of the old world, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the ruin of Pharaoh and his host, the driving the Canaanites out of their land, the various captivities of the Israelites, with other instances of God's displeasure with men in this world, and the everlasting punishment of them in another, are only of them as wicked men, and for sin; and therefore he is not chargeable with any unrighteousness. Sephorno interprets it, "instead of wicked men", and illustrates it by the shaking out of Pharaoh and his host into the sea in the room and stead of the wicked Israelites, that came up from thence,

in the open sight of others: which the same interpreter refers to the Israelites seeing the Egyptians dead on the seashore; or "in the place of them that see" f, that is, in a public manner, as generally malefactors are executed, to which the allusion may be; it denotes the publicness of God's righteous judgments on wicked men, for the greater declaration of his power and justice, and for the greater shame and disgrace of such wicked men, and for the joy and comfort of the righteous delivered from them.

f במקום ראים "in loco videntium", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Michaelis; "in loco spectantium", Beza, Cocceius, Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He striketh them as wicked men - literally, “Under the wicked, or on account of the wicked, he smites them.” That is, he deals with them “as if” they were wicked; he regards and treats them as such. He deals with them “under” the general character of wicked people, and punishes them accordingly.

In the open sight of others - Margin, as in Hebrew “in the place of beholders.” The idea is, that it is done openly or publicly. Their sins had been committed in secret, but they are punished openly. The manifestation of the divine displeasure is in the presence of spectators, or is so open and public, that it cannot but be seen. It is very probable that in all this description Elihu had his eye upon the public calamities which had come upon Job, and that he meant to include him among the number of mighty men whom God thus suddenly overturned.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 34:26. He striketh them as wicked men — At other times he executes his judgments more openly; and they are suddenly destroyed in the sight of the people.


 
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