KJV King James Version
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
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Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
WEB World English Bible
When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
ASV American Standard Version
When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, It is the same.
Surrounding context — Job 34
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְה֤וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיַשְׁקִ֨ט׀H8252 · sha.qatto quietוּמִ֥יH4310 · miwho?יַרְשִׁ֗עַH7561 · ra.sahbe wickedוְיַסְתֵּ֣רH5641 · sa.tarto hideפָּ֭נִיםH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוּמִ֣יH4310 · miwho?יְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּH7789 · shurto seeוְעַל־H5921 · aluponגּ֖וֹיH1471 · goynationוְעַל־H5921 · aluponאָדָ֣םH120 · a.dammanיָֽחַד׃H3162 · ya.chadunitedness
Cross-references
Job 23:13But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.Isaiah 26:3Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.Psalm 27:9Hide not thy face [far] from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.Romans 8:31-34What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?Isaiah 32:17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.Philippians 4:7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Psalm 30:7LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was troubled.Jeremiah 27:8And it shall come to pass, [that] the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.Job 23:8-9Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:2 Kings 18:9-12And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which [was] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.Psalm 143:7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.Job 12:14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.Psalm 13:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?2 Samuel 7:1And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;2 Chronicles 36:14-17Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.Job 29:1-3Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,Isaiah 14:3-8And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
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