Book of Job, Chapter 34

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Job 34 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 34 of Job—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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1. ¶ Then Elihu continued and said,
2. ¶ “Hear my words, you wise men,
   And listen to me, you who know.
3. “For ¹the ear tests words
   As the palate tastes food.
4. “Let us choose for ourselves what is right;
   Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5. “For Job has said, ‘²I am righteous,
   But ³God has taken away my right;
6. ^[a]Should I lie concerning my right?
   My ^[b]4wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
7. “What man is like Job,
   Who ⁵drinks up derision like water,
8. Who goes ⁶in company with the workers of iniquity,
   And walks with wicked men?
9. “For he has said, ‘⁷It profits a man nothing
   When he ^[c]is pleased with God.’
10. ¶ “Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
    Far be it from God to ⁸do wickedness,
    And from the Almighty to do wrong.
11. “For He pays a man according to ⁹his work,
    And makes ^[d]him find it according to his way.
12. “Surely, ¹⁰God will not act wickedly,
    And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
13. “Who ¹¹gave Him authority over the earth?
    And who ¹²has laid on Him the whole world?
14. “If He should ^[e]determine to do so,
    If He should ¹³gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,
15. All ¹⁴flesh would perish together,
    And man would ¹⁵return to dust.
16. ¶ “But if you have understanding, hear this;
    Listen to the sound of my words.
17. “Shall ¹⁶one who hates justice rule?
    And ¹⁷will you condemn the righteous mighty One,
18. Who says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’
    To nobles, ‘Wicked ones’;
19. Who shows no ¹⁸partiality to princes
    Nor regards the rich above the poor,
    For they all are the ¹⁹work of His hands?
20. “In a moment they die, and ²⁰at midnight
    People are shaken and pass away,
    And ²¹the mighty are taken away without a hand.
21. ¶ “For ²²His eyes are upon the ways of a man,
    And He sees all his steps.
22. “There is ²³no darkness or deep shadow
    Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23. “For He does not ²⁴need to consider a man further,
    That he should go before God in judgment.
24. “He breaks in pieces ²⁵mighty men without inquiry,
    And sets others in their place.
25. “Therefore He ²⁶knows their works,
    And ²⁷He overthrows them in the night,
    And they are crushed.
26. “He ²⁸strikes them like the wicked
    ^[f]In a public place,
27. Because they ²⁹turned aside from following Him,
    And ³⁰had no regard for any of His ways;
28. So that they caused ³¹the cry of the poor to come to Him,
    And that He might ³²hear the cry of the afflicted—
29. When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
    And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,
    That is, in regard to both nation and man?—
30. So that ³³godless men would not rule
    Nor be snares of the people.
31. ¶ “For has anyone said to God,
    ‘I have borne chastisement;
    I will not offend anymore;
32. Teach me what I do not see;
    If I have ³⁴done iniquity,
    I will not do it again’?
33. “Shall He ³⁵recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
    For you must choose, and not I;
    Therefore declare what you know.
34. “Men of understanding will say to me,
    And a wise man who hears me,
35. ‘Job ³⁶speaks without knowledge,
    And his words are without wisdom.
36. ‘Job ought to be tried ^[g]to the limit,
    Because he answers ³⁷like wicked men.
37. ‘For he adds ³⁸rebellion to his sin;
    He ³⁹claps his hands among us,
    And multiplies his words against God.’”

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FOOTNOTES

1. ^ Or Although I am right I am accounted a liar
2. ^ Lit arrow
3. ^ Or takes delight in God
4. ^ Lit a man
5. ^ Lit set His mind on Himself
6. ^ Lit In the place of the ones seeing
7. ^ Or to the end

REFERENCES

1. ^ Jb 12:11
2. ^ Jb 13:18; 33:9
3. ^ Jb 27:2
4. ^ Jb 6:4
5. ^ Jb 15:16
6. ^ Jb 22:15
7. ^ Jb 21:15; 35:3; Ps 50:18
8. ^ Ge 18:25; De 32:4; Jb 8:3; 34:12; Ro 9:14
9. ^ Jb 34:25; Ps 62:12; Pr 24:12; Je 32:19; Eze 33:20; Mt 16:27; Ro 2:6; 2Co 5:10; Re 22:12
10. ^ Jb 34:10
11. ^ Jb 38:4
12. ^ Jb 38:5
13. ^ Jb 12:10; Ps 104:29; Ec 12:7
14. ^ Ge 7:21; Jb 9:22
15. ^ Ge 3:19; Jb 10:9
16. ^ 2Sa 23:3; Jb 34:30
17. ^ Jb 40:8
18. ^ Le 19:15; De 10:17; 2Ch 19:7; Ac 10:34; Ro 2:11; Ga 2:6; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25; 1Pe 1:17
19. ^ Jb 10:3
20. ^ Ex 12:29; Jb 34:25; 36:20
21. ^ Jb 12:19
22. ^ Jb 24:23; 31:4; Pr 5:21; 15:3; Je 16:17
23. ^ Ps 139:11, 12; Am 9:2, 3
24. ^ Jb 11:11
25. ^ Jb 12:19
26. ^ Jb 34:11
27. ^ Jb 34:20
28. ^ Ps 9:5; 11:5
29. ^ 1Sa 15:11
30. ^ Jb 21:14
31. ^ Jb 35:9; Jm 5:4
32. ^ Ex 22:23; Jb 22:27
33. ^ Jb 5:15; 20:5; 34:17; Pr 29:2-12
34. ^ Jb 33:27
35. ^ Jb 41:11
36. ^ Jb 35:16; 38:2
37. ^ Jb 22:15
38. ^ Jb 23:2
39. ^ Jb 27:23

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