King James Version
Job 34:27 in the King James Version says “Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: him: Heb. after him” — study this verse from Job chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: him: Heb. after him”
Job 34:27 · KJV
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.
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“from him”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“any of his ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and would not consider”
H7919to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
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