Job 34:24
Good News Translation
He does not need an investigation to remove leaders and replace them with others.

New Revised Standard Version
He shatters the mighty without investigation, and sets others in their place.

Contemporary English Version
Without asking for advice, God removes mighty leaders and puts others in their place.

New American Bible
Without inquiry he shatters the mighty, and appoints others in their place,

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall break in pieces many and innumerable, and shall make others to stand in their stead.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He shall break in pieces many and innumerable, and shall make others to stand in their stead.

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Job 19:2 How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Psalm 2:9 Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Psalm 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.

Psalm 94:5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.

Jeremiah 51:20-23 Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms: . . .

Daniel 2:21,34,35,44,45 And he changeth times and ages: taketh away kingdoms, and establisheth them: giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding: . . .

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1 Samuel 2:30-36 Wherefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should minister in my sight, for ever. But now saith the Lord: Far be this from me: but whosoever shall glorify me, him will I glorify: but they that despise me, shall be despised. . . .

1 Samuel 15:28 And Samuel said to him: The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee.

1 Kings 14:7,8,14 Go, and tell Jeroboam: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: For as much as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel; . . .

Psalm 113:7,8 Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill: . . .

Daniel 5:28-31 PHARES: thy kingdom is divided, and is given to the Medes and Persians. . . .

Context
Elihu Confirms God's Justice
23For it is no longer in the power of man to enter into judgment with God. 24He shall break in pieces many and innumerable, and shall make others to stand in their stead.25For he knoweth their works: and therefore he shall bring night on them, and they shall be destroyed.…
Cross References
Leviticus 19:20
If a man carnally lie with a woman that is a bondservant and marriageable, and yet not redeemed with a price, nor made free: they both shall be scourged: and they shall not be put to death, because she was not a free woman.

Job 12:19
He leadeth away priests without glory, and overthroweth nobles.

Job 34:23
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