Job 34:29

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

Cross-reference

Job 29:1-3 recalls when God's lamp shone on Job — the opposite of God hiding his face as described here.

Job 23:13 Parallel

In Job 23:13, Job states God's unchangeable purpose — no one can turn Him — reinforcing the same divine sovereignty in Job 34:29.

Job 23:9 Parallel

Job 23:9 explicitly states God hides himself, reinforcing the theme of divine hiddenness in Job's experience.

Job 23:8 Parallel

Job 23:8 expresses Job's inability to find God, directly illustrating the 'hiding his face' from the same book.

Job 12:14 Parallel

In Job 12:14, the same irreversible divine action is described: when God breaks down or shuts up, no one can rebuild or open — echoing Job 34:29's theme of God's sovereign control.

Job 9:12 Parallel

In Job 9:12, no one can hinder God's actions — the same sovereign power as Job 34:29 where no one can trouble when God gives quietness or hide from his face.

Job 11:10 Parallel

In Job 11:10, no one can hinder God when he acts — directly parallel to Job 34:29's rhetorical questions about challenging God's quietness or hiddenness.

Psalm 143:7 Allusion

Psalm 143:7 urgently asks God not to hide his face, showing the desperation that accompanies divine absence.

Psalm 30:7 Parallel

Psalm 30:7 recounts that when God hid his face, the psalmist was troubled, illustrating the consequence of God's hiddenness.

Psalm 27:9 Parallel

Psalm 27:9 pleads for God not to hide his face, echoing the condition described in Job 34:29.

Psalm 13:1 Parallel

Psalm 13:1 laments God hiding his face, a direct parallel to the same phrase in Job 34:29.

2 Chronicles 36:14–17 Historical context

In 2 Chronicles 36:14-17, Judah's fall to Babylon shows God's judgment on a nation — an example of the 'against a nation' clause in Job 34:29.

Jeremiah 27:8 Related theme

In Jeremiah 27:8, God declares punishment on nations that refuse Babylon's yoke — demonstrating His sovereign control over nations as in Job 34:29.

2 Kings 18:9–12 Historical context

In 2 Kings 18:9-12, the fall of Samaria illustrates God hiding His face from a nation, as described in Job 34:29's 'against a nation'.

Romans 8:31-34 asks who can be against us if God is for us, mirroring the rhetorical question about God's quietness and hiddenness.

Daniel 4:35 Parallel

Daniel 4:35 echoes the same theme: no one can stay God's hand or question Him, reinforcing Job's point about God's unrivaled power.

John 16:22 Parallel

John 16:22 promises joy no one can take — mirroring Job's 'when God gives quietness, who can make trouble?' Both emphasize God-given security.

Isaiah 43:13 declares none can deliver from God's hand or stop His work, reinforcing Job 34:29's point that no one can oppose God's actions.

Acts 5:39 Parallel

Acts 5:39 states that if something is from God, you cannot overthrow it — directly echoing Job's principle that no one can oppose God's actions.

Psalm 10:1 Allusion

Psalm 10:1 asks why God hides himself in trouble — echoing Job 34:29's statement that when God hides his face, no one can behold him.

Psalm 104:29 echoes the hiding of God's face causing trouble, directly paralleling Job 34:29's statement that when God hides His face, none can see Him.

Psalm 102:2 Allusion

Psalm 102:2 pleads for God not to hide his face — directly referencing the same hiddenness described in Job 34:29 as something no one can overcome.

In 2 Chronicles 20:30, God gives Jehoshaphat's realm quiet — mirroring the quietness from God in Job 34:29 that no one can trouble.

In 2 Chronicles 14:6, God gives rest to Judah — directly echoing the quietness God grants in Job 34:29 that no one can disturb.

1 Chronicles 22:9 Related theme

In 1 Chronicles 22:9, God promises peace and quietness to Israel through Solomon — an example of the quietness God grants in Job 34:29.

2 Samuel 7:11 Related theme

In 2 Samuel 7:11, God gives David rest from enemies — an example of the quietness God grants in Job 34:29 that no one can disturb.

In Deuteronomy 32:20, God explicitly says He will hide His face from Israel — directly echoing the same phrase in Job 34:29.

Exodus 14:24 Historical context

In Exodus 14:24, God troubles the Egyptian army — an example of His sovereign action against a nation, as referenced in Job 34:29's 'against a nation'.

Ecclesiastes 7:13 asks who can straighten what God made crooked, similar to Job 34:29's rhetorical 'who can make trouble?' when God gives quietness.

John 14:27 Parallel

John 14:27 presents Jesus giving a peace that the world cannot give, paralleling God's quietness that no one can disturb.