King James Version
Job 34:25 in the King James Version says “Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. destroyed: Heb. crus...” — study this verse from Job chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. destroyed: Heb. crushed”
Job 34:25 · KJV
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. enter: Heb. go
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. number: Heb. searching out
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. destroyed: Heb. crushed
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; open: Heb. place of beholders
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: him: Heb. after him
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“Therefore he knoweth”
H5234properly, to scrutinize, i.e., look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (
“and he overturneth”
H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
“them in the night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
“so that they are destroyed”
H1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
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