Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people.
New American Standard Bible
Nor be snares of the people.
King James Version
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Holman Bible
or ensnare the people.
International Standard Version
to keep the godless man from reigning or laying a snare for the people."
American Standard Version
That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.
Amplified
So that godless men would not rule
Nor be snares for the people.
Darby Translation
That the ungodly man reign not, that the people be not ensnared.
Julia Smith Translation
From the reigning of the profane man from the people being snared.
King James 2000
That the hypocrite reigns not, lest the people be ensnared.
Lexham Expanded Bible
so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.
Modern King James verseion
from the reigning of ungodly men, from being snares for the people.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
From the wickedness and sin of the people, he maketh a hypocrite to reign over them.
NET Bible
so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people.
New Heart English Bible
that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
The Emphasized Bible
That impious men may not reign, nor be ensnarers of the people.
Webster
That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people should be ensnared.
World English Bible
that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
Youngs Literal Translation
From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 34:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Asserts God's Justice
29 When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man, 30 that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people. 31 For has any said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more].
Cross References
1 Kings 12:28-30
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Kings 21:9
But they did not hearken. And Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.
Job 34:21
For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, and he sees all his goings.
Psalm 12:8
The wicked walk on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Proverbs 29:2-12
When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man bears rule, the people sigh.
Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed. He is crushed in judgment, because he was content to walk after [man's] command.
Hosea 13:11
I have given thee a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
Micah 6:16
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels, that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing. And ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
2 Thessalonians 2:4-11
who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or an object of worship, so as for him to sit in the temple of God, as God, displaying himself that he is God.
Revelation 13:3-4
And one of its heads was as in death, having been killed. And its deadly wound was healed. And the whole earth marveled behind the beast.
Revelation 13:11-14
And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns similar to a lamb, and it spoke like a dragon.