The Meaning of Job 34:27 Explained

Job 34:27

KJV: Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

YLT: Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

Darby: Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways;

ASV: Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Because they turned back  from him,  and would not consider  any of his ways: 

What does Job 34:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 34:1-37 - The Almighty Must Be Just
Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of ultimate complaint, but from the lips of the holiest beings in the universe, most able to pass an opinion, the cry will ascend, "Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God the Almighty. Righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages"¦. Thy righteous acts have been made manifest," Revelation 15:3-4, r.v.
Ponder those last words. God's righteous acts have not yet been made manifest; it is therefore foolish and wrong to pass judgment upon an unfinished program. Wait, mortal man, until, at the great white throne, God shall unfold His inner reasons. If it is not fit to say to a king, "Thou art vile," how much less to Him who lives through the ages, while the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 34

1  Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice
10  God omnipotent cannot be unjust
31  Man must humble himself unto God
34  Elihu reproves Job

What do the individual words in Job 34:27 mean?

Because upon thus they turned back from Him and any of His ways not would consider
אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־ כֵּ֭ן סָ֣רוּ מֵֽאַחֲרָ֑יו וְכָל־ דְּ֝רָכָ֗יו לֹ֣א הִשְׂכִּֽילוּ

אֲשֶׁ֣ר  Because 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
עַל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כֵּ֭ן  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
סָ֣רוּ  they  turned  back 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
מֵֽאַחֲרָ֑יו  from  Him 
Parse: Preposition-m, third person masculine singular
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
וְכָל־  and  any 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
דְּ֝רָכָ֗יו  of  His  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
הִשְׂכִּֽילוּ  would  consider 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׂכַל 
Sense: to be prudent, be circumspect, wisely understand, prosper.