so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people. ¹ 

biblegateway Job 34:30

So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares of the people.

so that godless men should not rule or ensnare the people.

He does this so that godless people cannot rule and so that they cannot trap people.

biblegateway Job 34:30

to keep a godless man from ruling, from laying snares for the people.

that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people.

bibleoremus Job 34:30

so that the godless should not reign, or those who ensnare the people.

(34:29)

biblegateway Job 34:30

That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

biblegateway Job 34:30

so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people. ¹ 

¹ tn This last verse is difficult because it is unbalanced and cryptic. Some have joined the third line of v. 29 with this entire verse to make a couplet. But the same result is achieved by simply regarding this verse as the purpose of v. 29. But there still are some words that must be added. In the first colon, “[he is over the nations]…preventing from ruling.” And in the second colon, “laying” has to be supplied before “snares.”