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He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And sets others in their place.
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God's Immediate Justice
Commentators explain that God judges the powerful "without searching out." Unlike human courts that need lengthy investigations, God's knowledge is perfect and immediate. He sees all wrongdoing at once and can bring swift, decisive judgment upon the mighty without delay, unhindered by their power or rank.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He shall break in pieces - He crushes or destroys the great. He is not intimidated by their wealth, their rank, or their number.
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19th Century
Anglican
Without number. —Rather, in an unsearchable manner, as before, Job 34:20, without hand, i.e.,
Baptist
It is a dreadful thing for princes and great men when the poor begin to cry to God against them. God will soon take up that quarrel; for, while the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number Such as are mighty in bodily strength, as the giants of the old w…
Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove t…
13th Century
Catholic
There are two primary reasons why people deviate from justice. The first is that they show deference to important persons, and the second is that t…
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