Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

King James Version

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

Holman Bible

He shatters the mighty without an investigation
and sets others in their place.

International Standard Version

He shatters valiant men without a need to investigate, and he raises others in their place.

A Conservative Version

He breaks in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, and sets others in their stead.

American Standard Version

He breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.

Amplified


“He breaks mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

Bible in Basic English

He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.

Darby Translation

He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquiry, and setteth others in their stead;

Julia Smith Translation

He shall break in pieces the mighty, not searching out, and he will set others in their stead.

King James 2000

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their place.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He shatters the mighty without investigation, and he sets others in their place.

Modern King James verseion

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their place.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Many a one, yea innumerable doth he punish, and setteth others in their stead.

NET Bible

He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.

New Heart English Bible

He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.

The Emphasized Bible

He shattereth mighty ones unsearchably, and setteth up others in their stead:

Webster

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

World English Bible

He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.

Youngs Literal Translation

He breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רעע 
Ra`a` 
Usage: 98

כּבּיר 
Kabbiyr 
Usage: 10

and set
עמד 
`amad 
Usage: 521

אחר 
'acher 
Usage: 166

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

23 He does not have to set a time for a person in order to bring him to divine judgment. 24 “He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.
25 He knows what they do, so he overthrows them at night, and they are crushed.

Cross References

Psalm 2:9

You will rule them with an iron scepter. You will dash them to pieces like pottery!

Psalm 113:7-8

He lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.

Daniel 2:21

He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to the discerning.

1 Samuel 2:30-36

Jehovah, the God of Israel says: 'I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me all the days of your life.' Now Jehovah says: Far be it from me. I will honor those who honor me. I will not regard those who think little of me.

1 Samuel 15:28

Samuel said to him: Jehovah has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today. He gave it to someone who is a better man than you.

1 Kings 14:7-8

Go and tell Jeroboam that this is what Jehovah, the God of Israel, says to him: I chose you from among the people and made you the ruler of my people Israel.

1 Kings 14:14

Jehovah will place a king over Israel who will put an end to Jeroboam's house.

Job 12:19

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows men long established.

Job 19:2

How long will you torment me and depress me with words?

Psalm 72:4

He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.

Psalm 94:5

They crush your people, O Jehovah. They make those who belong to you suffer.

Jeremiah 51:20-23

He says: You are my war-club, my weapon of war. I shatter nations with you and with you I destroy kingdoms.

Daniel 2:34-35

You watched while a stone was cut out without hands. It struck the statue upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

Daniel 2:44-45

In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. Its sovereignty will not be entrusted to another people. It will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it will stand forever!

Daniel 5:28-31

PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

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