Job 34:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.”
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BSBPD
“that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 34:30 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 12:28After 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.”
- 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.
- Job 34:21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
- Psalms 12:8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
- Proverbs 29:2When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
- Hosea 13:11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
- 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 the nations.”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4He 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.
- Revelation 13:3One 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.
- Revelation 13:11Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
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