Parallel Verses
NET Bible
so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for 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."
A Conservative Version
that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare 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.
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 But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike, 30 so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people. 31 "Has anyone said to God, 'I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:28-30
After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, "It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt."
2 Kings 21:9
But they did not obey, and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed from before the Israelites.
Job 34:21
For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person's steps.
Psalm 12:8
for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.
Proverbs 29:2-12
When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.
Hosea 5:11
Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.
Hosea 13:11
I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!
Micah 6:16
You implement the regulations of Omri, and all the practices of Ahab's dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, the city's inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you."
2 Thessalonians 2:4-11
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God's temple, displaying himself as God.
Revelation 13:3-4
One of the beast's heads appeared to have been killed, but the lethal wound had been healed. And the whole world followed the beast in amazement;
Revelation 13:11-14
Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but was speaking like a dragon.