Albert Barnes Commentary Job 34:27

Albert Barnes Commentary

Job 34:27

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Job 34:27

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:" — Job 34:27 (ASV)

Because they turned back from him - Margin, “from after him.” That is, they receded, or went away from God.

And would not consider any of his ways - They would not regard or attend to any of his commands. The word way, in the Scriptures, is often used to denote “religion.” A “way” denotes the course of life which one leads; the path in which he walks. The “ways of God” denote his course or plan, his precepts or laws; and to depart from them, or to disregard them, is only another mode of saying that a man has no religion.