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Job 34

Job 34:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He shall break in pieces
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
mighty men
kabbiyr (Hebrew #3524)
vast, whether in extent (figuratively, of power, mighty; of time, aged), or in number, many
KJV usage: + feeble, mighty, most, much, strong, valiant.
Pronounce: kab-beer'
Origin: from 3527
without θnumber
cheqer (Hebrew #2714)
examination, enumeration, deliberation
KJV usage: finding out, number, (un-)search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).
Pronounce: khay'-ker
Origin: from 2713
, and set
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
others
'acher (Hebrew #312)
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
KJV usage: (an-)other man, following, next, strange.
Pronounce: akh-air'
Origin: from 309
in their stead.
θ
searching out.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 19:2• 2How long will ye vex my soul,{HR}And crush me to pieces with words? (Job 19:2)
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Psa. 2:9• 9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;{HR}As a potter's vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces." (Psa. 2:9)
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Psa. 72:4• 4He will judge the afflicted of the people,{HR}He will save the sons of the needy,{HR}And will crush the oppressor. (Psa. 72:4)
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Psa. 94:5• 5They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah,{HR}And afflict thine heritage. (Psa. 94:5)
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Jer. 51:20‑23• 20Thou wast my battle axe, weapons of war: with thee I have broken nations in pieces; and with thee I have destroyed kingdoms.
 21And with thee I have broken in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee I have broken in pieces the chariot and its rider;
 22and with thee I have broken in pieces the husband and the wife; and with thee I have broken in pieces the aged and the young; and with thee I have broken in pieces the youth and the maid.
 23And with thee I have broken in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with thee I have broken in pieces the plowman and his team; and with thee I have broken in pieces the governors and prefects. (Jer. 51:20‑23)
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Dan. 2:21,34‑35,44‑45• 21And it is he that changeth the times and seasons; He removeth kings and setteth up kings, He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding.
 34Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.
 35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
 45Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and it break in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, —the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure. (Dan. 2:21,34‑35,44‑45)
number.
Heb. searching out.
set.
1 Sam. 2:30‑36• 30Wherefore the Lord Jehovah of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
 31Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
 32And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house forever.
 33And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
 34And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
 35And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind; and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed forever.
 36And it shall come to pass that every one that is left of thy house shall come to crouch to him for a small piece of silver and for a cake of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread. (1 Sam. 2:30‑36)
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1 Sam. 15:28• 28And Samuel said unto him, Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. (1 Sam. 15:28)
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1 Kings 14:7‑8,14• 7Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith Jehovah God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
 8and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
 14And Jehovah shall raise up for himself a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day; and what? …even now. (1 Kings 14:7‑8,14)
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Psa. 113:7‑8• 7He raiseth from the dust the poor one;{HR}From the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
 8To set with rulers, with nobles of his people. (Psa. 113:7‑8)
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Dan. 5:28‑31• 28PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
 29Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
 30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
 31And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. (Dan. 5:28‑31)
• Similarly, in ver. 24, there is no need for “investigation” to determine the overthrow of evil men. (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquiry, and setteth others in their stead;

W. Kelly Translation

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He breaketh the mighty without inquiry,{HR}And he setteth up others in their stead.