2 Chronicles 15:6

15:6 One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil. ¹ 

Joshua 23:1

Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful

23:1 A long time ²  passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, ³  and Joshua was very old. ⁴ 

Job 34:29

34:29 But if God ⁵  is quiet, who can condemn ⁶  him?

If he hides his face, then who can see him?

Yet ⁷  he is over the individual and the nation alike, ⁸ 

[15:6]  ¹ tn Heb “threw them into confusion with all distress.”

[23:1]  ² tn Heb “many days.”

[23:1]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around.”

[23:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.

[34:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[34:29]  ⁶ tn The verb in this position is somewhat difficult, although it does make good sense in the sentence – it is just not what the parallelism would suggest. So several emendations have been put forward, for which see the commentaries.

[34:29]  ⁷ tn The line simply reads “and over a nation and over a man together.” But it must be the qualification for the points being made in the previous lines, namely, that even if God hides himself so no one can see, yet he is still watching over them all (see H. H. Rowley, Job [NCBC], 222).

[34:29]  ⁸ tn The word translated “alike” (Heb “together”) has bothered some interpreters. In the reading taken here it is acceptable. But others have emended it to gain a verb, such as “he visits” (Beer), “he watches over” (Duhm), “he is compassionate” (Kissane), etc. But it is sufficient to say “he is over.”