Job Chapter 34 verse 25 Holy Bible
Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.
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Since he knoweth their actions; and he overthroweth [them] in the night, and they are crushed.
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Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - Therefore (i.e. to that end or with that object in view) he knoweth (rather, taketh knowledge of) their works. As God governs the world, and governs it, to a large extent, by exalting some men and depressing others, he is bound to take strict account of their conduct, that he may exalt the worthy and depress the unworthy. And he overturneth them in the night (comp. ver. 20). So that they are destroyed; literally, crushed. God's judgments fall on men suddenly, either "in the night," or as "In the night, i.e. suddenly, unexpectedly, when they are quite unprepared; and fall on them with "crushing" force, with a might that is wholly irresistible,
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) Therefore.--We should expect because rather; but the writer, believing in God's justice, infers that since God acts thus He knoweth the works of man, and has grounds for acting as He acts.