Job 34:30
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 34 connects to 10 cross-references. Elihu defends God's justice against Job's claim that God has removed his right. He argues that God is incorruptible, that he governs earth's nations without partiality, and that he sees all human ways. To deny God's justice is to speak …
Other Translations
That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.
From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
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Cross References
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for …
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed …
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in …
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God …
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do …