Job 34:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ who says to a king, ‘You scoundrel!’ and to princes, ‘You wicked men!’;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ [God] Who says to a king, You are worthless and vile, or to princes and nobles, You are ungodly and evil?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Him that saith to a king, Thou art vile, Or to nobles, Ye are wicked;

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Will you say to a king, “Worthless!” to royalty, “Evil!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ He says to the king, "You are an apostate." He calls commanders impious.

Job 34:18 Cross References

Exodus 22:28

“You shall not revile God or curse a leader of your people.

Proverbs 17:26

To impose a fine on the innocent is not right or to flog the noble for their integrity.

Jude 1:8

Yet in the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, reject authority, and slander the glorious ones.

Romans 13:7

Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Acts 23:5

And Paul said, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was high priest, for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a leader of your people.’ ”

Acts 23:3

At this Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting there to judge me according to the law, and yet in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”

2 Peter 2:10

—especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust and who despise authority. Bold and willful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,

1 Peter 2:17

Honor everyone. Love the family of believers. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

Job 34:17

Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn one who is righteous and mighty,

Job 34:19

who shows no partiality to nobles, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?