Job 34:27 — Meaning and Application

Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth {them} in the night, so that they are destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. crushed}

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; {open...: Heb. place of beholders}

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: {him: Heb. after him}

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

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: