Job 34:27
Good News Translation
because they have stopped following him and ignored all his commands.

New Revised Standard Version
because they turned aside from following him, and had no regard for any of his ways,

Contemporary English Version
and refused to obey him.

New American Bible
Because they turned away from him and did not understand his ways at all:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who as it were on purpose have revolted from him, and would not understand all his ways:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who as it were on purpose have revolted from him, and would not understand all his ways:

turned

1 Samuel 15:11 It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night.

Psalm 125:5 But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.

Zephaniah 1:6 And them that turn away from following after the Lord, and that have not sought the Lord, nor searched after him.

Luke 17:31,32 In that hour, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that shall be in the field, in like manner, let him not return back. . . .

Acts 15:38 But Paul desired that he (as having departed from them out of Pamphylia and not gone with them to the work) might not be received.

2 Timothy 4:10 Crescens into Galatia, Titus into Dalmatia.

Hebrews 10:39 But we are not the children of withdrawing unto perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.

from him.

Psalm 28:5 Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up.

Psalm 107:43 Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand the mercies of the Lord?

Proverbs 1:29,30 Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof. . . .

Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.

Isaiah 5:12 The harp, and the lyre, and, the timbrel and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.

Haggai 2:15-19 And now consider in your hearts, from this day and upward, before there was a stone laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord. . . .

Context
Elihu Confirms God's Justice
26He hath struck them, as being wicked, in open sight. 27Who as it were on purpose have revolted from him, and would not understand all his ways:28So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:11
It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night.

Job 21:14
Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Isaiah 5:12
The harp, and the lyre, and, the timbrel and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.

Job 34:26
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