# General Information:

Elihu continues speaking.

# He breaks mighty men into pieces

This speaks of God destroying these men as if he actually broke their bodies into pieces. Alternate translation: "He destroys mighty men" or "He destroys important people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# for their ways that need no further investigation

He does not need to investigate what they have done because he already knows everything about them. Alternate translation: "without needing to do further investigation, because he already knows their ways" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# their ways

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "the things they have done"

# he puts others in their places

This means that he appoints other people to rule in their positions. Alternate translation: "and he chooses other people to rule in their places" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])