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Job 34:30

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34:30so that the godless man should not rule,

and not lay snares for the people.53

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  1. 53 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.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that a godless man should not reign,

that he should not ensnare the people.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

to keep the godless from ruling,

from laying snares for the people.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

so that godless men should not rule

or ensnare the people.

NLTNew Living Translation

He prevents the godless from ruling

so they cannot be a snare to the people.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

so that godless human beings should not reign,

nor those who ensnare the people.

KJV 1900King James Version

That the hypocrite reign not,

Lest the people be ensnared.