Teks -- Job 34:25 (NET)

34:25 Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

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JFB: Job 34:25 - Therefore

Because He knows all things (Job 34:21). He knows their works, without a formal investigation (Job 34:24).

JFB: Job 34:25 - in the night

Suddenly, unexpectedly (Job 34:20). Fitly in the night, as it was in it that the godless hid themselves (Job 34:22). UMBREIT, less simply, for "overturneth," translates, "walketh"; that is, God is ever on the alert, discovering all wickedness.

Clarke: Job 34:25 - He knoweth their works

He knoweth their works - He knows what they have done, and what they are plotting to do

Clarke: Job 34:25 - He overturneth them in the night

He overturneth them in the night - In the revolution of a single night the plenitude of power on which the day closed is annihilated. See the cases of Belshazzar and Babylon.

TSK: Job 34:25 - he knoweth // in the // destroyed

he knoweth : Psa 33:15; Isa 66:18; Hos 7:2; Amo 8:7; Rev 20:12

in the : Job 34:20; Son 3:8; Isa 15:1; 1Th 5:2

destroyed : Heb. crushed

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Poole: Job 34:25 - He overturneth them in the night // night // So that they are destroyed

i.e. Hence it appears that he knows all their evil works, because he judgeth them for them. God or men are ofttimes said in Scripture to know or do a thing, when they only manifest their knowing and doing of it. Or, became , &c., as this particle is used, Isa 26:14 61:7 . So this is subjoined as the ground or reason why he punisheth them, as is related both in the foregoing and in the following words, because he sees all their wicked designs and actions.

He overturneth them in the night i.e. when they are at rest and secure; at midnight , as it is Job 34:20 . Or, he turneth or bringeth upon them the night , to wit, of calamity and tribulation, as the next words explain it, and as the words

night and darkness are oft used. Or, he turneth the night , to wit, into day, i.e. he knoweth all their deeds of darkness, and bringeth them to light. See above, Job 34:22 .

So that they are destroyed Heb. and (or then , or therefore ; for both these ways this particle is sometimes used) they shall be destroyed , or broken to pieces .

Haydock: Job 34:25 - Night

Night, calamities. At once the shall be oppressed. (Calmet)

Gill: Job 34:25 - Therefore he knoweth their works // and he overturneth them in the night // so that they are destroyed

Therefore he knoweth their works,.... Being God omniscient, or rather takes notice of them, weighs and considers them, and gives to man according to them; or rather makes them known, for of his omniscience Elihu had spoken before; he makes them known to themselves, fastens convictions of their evil ways and works on their consciences, and obliges them to confess them, as the instances of Cain, Pharaoh, and others, show; and he makes them known to others by the judgment he executes, as on the old world, Sodom and Gomorrah; and the works of all will be made manifest at the day of judgment;

and he overturneth them in the night; literally taken, as the firstborn of the Egyptians were slain in the night, Exo 12:30; and Pharaoh and his host were drowned in the Red sea in the night, Exo 15:4; and the Assyrian army were destroyed by an angel in one night, 2Ki 19:35; and Belshazzar was killed in the night, and the Babylonian empire translated to the Medes and Persians at the same time, Dan 5:30, or figuratively, that is, suddenly, at unawares, and by surprise, and as quickly and easily as the night is turned into day; and such a revolution is made, as when he turns the night into day, and discovers and makes known all their secret actions committed in the dark; or he turns the night of calamity upon them, and puts an end to their light of temporal happiness and prosperity; or turns the night of death and everlasting wrath and justice on them, the blackness of darkness upon them:

so that they are destroyed; both in a temporal sense, on every side, with an utter destruction; and in a spiritual sense, with an everlasting one.