Job 34:18 — Meaning and Application

If now {thou hast} understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? {govern: Heb. bind?}

{Is it fit} to say to a king, {Thou art} wicked? {and} to princes, {Ye are} ungodly?

{How much less to him} that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all {are} the work of his hands.

In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. {the mighty...: Heb. they shall take away the mighty}