King James Version
Job 34:26 in the King James Version says “He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; open: Heb. place of beholders” — study this verse from Job chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; open: Heb. place of beholders”
Job 34:26 · KJV
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
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“them as”
H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“He striketh”
H5606to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of
“in the open”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
“sight”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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