[[Job-34]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Job-33]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Job-35]] --- ### For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Elihu declares the prophetic principle of universal divine recompense, asserting that God will eventually reward or punish every individual in exact accordance with their deeds. *Historical context*: Theologians and scholars identify the fulfillment of this principle in the eschatological 'Final Judgment' described in the New Testament. Specific cross-references include [[Rom-02#v6|Romans 2:6]] ('Who will render to every man according to his deeds') and [[Rev-20#v12|Revelation 20:12]], where the dead are judged according to their works. It establishes a moral framework for the eventual resolution of all human history. *Related to*: ### In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: This verse predicts a specific pattern of divine judgment: the sudden destruction of powerful leaders or nations occurring at midnight through direct divine intervention rather than human agency ('without a hand'). *Historical context*: Commentators like Matthew Henry and John Gill link this to several major historical fulfillments: 1) The Tenth Plague of Egypt ([[Exod-12#v29|Exodus 12:29]]), where the firstborn died at midnight by the hand of God; 2) The destruction of Sennacherib's Assyrian army ([[2 Kings-19#v35|2 Kings 19:35]]), where 185,000 soldiers were slain in a single night by an angel without human combat; and 3) The 'stone cut out without hands' in [[Dan-02#v34|Daniel 2:34]], representing a divine kingdom that topples human empires. *Related to*: ### He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place. ... He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Elihu describes God's sovereign power to suddenly dismantle established earthly powers and replace them with new rulers, specifically mentioning that these overthrows often occur during the night. *Historical context*: Historians and theologians point to the fall of the Babylonian Empire as a primary fulfillment. In [[Dan-05#v30|Daniel 5:30]], King Belshazzar was slain 'that very night' when the city was taken, leading to the immediate transition of power from the Babylonians to the Medes and Persians (Darius the Mede), exactly as described in Job regarding the replacement of the 'mighty'. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy