Job 34:30

In 11 translations

BSB

that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.

KJV

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

WEB

that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.

ASV

That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.

LSV

From the reigning of a profane man, || From the snares of a people;

YLT

From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

DBY

That the ungodly man reign not, that the people be not ensnared.

DRC

Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people?

GNV

Because the hypocrite doeth reigne, and because the people are snared.

JPS

That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.

LXXE

causing a hypocrite to be king, because of the waywardness of the people.

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WLC

מִ֭מְּלֹךְ אָדָ֥ם חָנֵ֗ף מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי עָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Βασιλεύων ἀνθρωπον ὑποκριτὴν ἀπὸ δυσκολίας λαοῦ.

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• Proverbs 29:2–12When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan. A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth. By justice a king…
• Job 34:21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
• 2 Kings 21:9But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
• Psalms 12:8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4–11He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was…
• 1 Kings 12:28–30After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” One calf he set up…
• Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of…
• Hosea 13:11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
• Revelation 13:11–14Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon. And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in…
• Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
• Revelation 13:3–4One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast. They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and…
• Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

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