Job
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1st Samuel 2nd Samuel 1st Kings 2nd Kings 1st Chronicles 2nd Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song Of Songs Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1st Corinthians 2nd Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1st Thessalonians 2nd Thessalonians 1st Timothy 2nd Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1st Peter 2nd Peter 1st John 2nd John 3rd John Jude Revelation

Job Chapter 34 verse 25 Holy Bible

ASV Job 34:25

Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
read chapter 34 in ASV

BBE Job 34:25

For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.
read chapter 34 in BBE

DARBY Job 34:25

Since he knoweth their actions; and he overthroweth [them] in the night, and they are crushed.
read chapter 34 in DARBY

KJV Job 34:25

Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
read chapter 34 in KJV

WBT Job 34:25

Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
read chapter 34 in WBT

WEB Job 34:25

Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
read chapter 34 in WEB

YLT Job 34:25

Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.
read chapter 34 in YLT

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - Therefore (i.e. to that end or with that object in view) he knoweth (rather, taketh knowledge of) their works. As God governs the world, and governs it, to a large extent, by exalting some men and depressing others, he is bound to take strict account of their conduct, that he may exalt the worthy and depress the unworthy. And he overturneth them in the night (comp. ver. 20). So that they are destroyed; literally, crushed. God's judgments fall on men suddenly, either "in the night," or as "In the night, i.e. suddenly, unexpectedly, when they are quite unprepared; and fall on them with "crushing" force, with a might that is wholly irresistible,

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) Therefore.--We should expect because rather; but the writer, believing in God's justice, infers that since God acts thus He knoweth the works of man, and has grounds for acting as He acts.