Parallel Verses

Amplified


“He breaks mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

New American Standard Bible

“He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

King James Version

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

Holman Bible

He shatters the mighty without an investigation
and sets others in their place.

International Standard Version

He shatters valiant men without a need to investigate, and he raises others in their place.

A Conservative Version

He breaks in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, and sets others in their stead.

American Standard Version

He breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.

Bible in Basic English

He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.

Darby Translation

He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquiry, and setteth others in their stead;

Julia Smith Translation

He shall break in pieces the mighty, not searching out, and he will set others in their stead.

King James 2000

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their place.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He shatters the mighty without investigation, and he sets others in their place.

Modern King James verseion

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their place.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Many a one, yea innumerable doth he punish, and setteth others in their stead.

NET Bible

He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.

New Heart English Bible

He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.

The Emphasized Bible

He shattereth mighty ones unsearchably, and setteth up others in their stead:

Webster

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

World English Bible

He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.

Youngs Literal Translation

He breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רעע 
Ra`a` 
Usage: 98

כּבּיר 
Kabbiyr 
Usage: 10

and set
עמד 
`amad 
Usage: 521

אחר 
'acher 
Usage: 166

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

23
“For He sets no appointed time for a man,
That he should appear before Him in judgment.
24 
“He breaks mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.
25
“Therefore He knows of their works,
And He overthrows them in the night,
So that they are crushed and destroyed.



Cross References

Psalm 2:9


‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’”

Psalm 113:7-8


He raises the poor out of the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

Daniel 2:21


“It is He who changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and establishes kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise
And [greater] knowledge to those who have understanding!

1 Samuel 2:30-36

Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and that of [Aaron] your father would walk [in priestly service] before Me forever.’ But now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be insignificant and contemptible.

1 Samuel 15:28

So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

1 Kings 14:7-8

Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel,

1 Kings 14:14

Moreover, the Lord will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house (royal line) of Jeroboam this day and from now on.

Job 12:19


“He makes priests walk barefoot,
And He overturns men firmly seated and secure.

Job 19:2


“How long will you torment and exasperate me
And crush me with words?

Psalm 72:4


May he bring justice to the poor among the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor,

Psalm 94:5


They crush Your people, O Lord,
And afflict and abuse Your heritage.

Jeremiah 51:20-23


“You [Cyrus of Persia, soon to conquer Babylon] are My battle-axe and weapon of war—
For with you I shatter nations,
With you I destroy kingdoms.

Daniel 2:34-35

As you were looking, a stone was cut out without [human] hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.

Daniel 2:44-45

In the days of those [final ten] kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left for another people; but it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

Daniel 5:28-31

peres’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

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