Book of Job, Chapter 34
Job 34 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 34 of Job—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Then Elihu continued and said,
- ¶ “Hear my words, you wise men,
And listen to me, you who know. - “For 1the ear tests words
As the palate tastes food. - “Let us choose for ourselves what is right;
Let us know among ourselves what is good. - “For Job has said, ‘2I am righteous,
But 3God has taken away my right; - [a]Should I lie concerning my right?
My [b]4wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’ - “What man is like Job,
Who 5drinks up derision like water, - Who goes 6in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men? - “For he has said, ‘7It profits a man nothing
When he [c]is pleased with God.’ - ¶ “Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to 8do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to do wrong. - “For He pays a man according to 9his work,
And makes [d]him find it according to his way. - “Surely, 10God will not act wickedly,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice. - “Who 11gave Him authority over the earth?
And who 12has laid on Him the whole world? - “If He should [e]determine to do so,
If He should 13gather to Himself His spirit and His breath, - All 14flesh would perish together,
And man would 15return to dust. - ¶ “But if you have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words. - “Shall 16one who hates justice rule?
And 17will you condemn the righteous mighty One, - Who says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’
To nobles, ‘Wicked ones’; - Who shows no 18partiality to princes
Nor regards the rich above the poor,
For they all are the 19work of His hands? - “In a moment they die, and 20at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And 21the mighty are taken away without a hand. - ¶ “For 22His eyes are upon the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps. - “There is 23no darkness or deep shadow
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. - “For He does not 24need to consider a man further,
That he should go before God in judgment. - “He breaks in pieces 25mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place. - “Therefore He 26knows their works,
And 27He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed. - “He 28strikes them like the wicked
[f]In a public place, - Because they 29turned aside from following Him,
And 30had no regard for any of His ways; - So that they caused 31the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might 32hear the cry of the afflicted— - 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?— - So that 33godless men would not rule
Nor be snares of the people. - ¶ “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastisement;
I will not offend anymore; - Teach me what I do not see;
If I have 34done iniquity,
I will not do it again’? - “Shall He 35recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know. - “Men of understanding will say to me,
And a wise man who hears me, - ‘Job 36speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without wisdom. - ‘Job ought to be tried [g]to the limit,
Because he answers 37like wicked men. - ‘For he adds 38rebellion to his sin;
He 39claps his hands among us,
And multiplies his words against God.’”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or Although I am right I am accounted a liar
- ^ Lit arrow
- ^ Or takes delight in God
- ^ Lit a man
- ^ Lit set His mind on Himself
- ^ Lit In the place of the ones seeing
- ^ Or to the end
REFERENCES
- ^ Jb 12:11
- ^ Jb 13:18; 33:9
- ^ Jb 27:2
- ^ Jb 6:4
- ^ Jb 15:16
- ^ Jb 22:15
- ^ Jb 21:15; 35:3; Ps 50:18
- ^ Ge 18:25; De 32:4; Jb 8:3; 34:12; Ro 9:14
- ^ 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
- ^ Jb 34:10
- ^ Jb 38:4
- ^ Jb 38:5
- ^ Jb 12:10; Ps 104:29; Ec 12:7
- ^ Ge 7:21; Jb 9:22
- ^ Ge 3:19; Jb 10:9
- ^ 2Sa 23:3; Jb 34:30
- ^ Jb 40:8
- ^ 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
- ^ Jb 10:3
- ^ Ex 12:29; Jb 34:25; 36:20
- ^ Jb 12:19
- ^ Jb 24:23; 31:4; Pr 5:21; 15:3; Je 16:17
- ^ Ps 139:11, 12; Am 9:2, 3
- ^ Jb 11:11
- ^ Jb 12:19
- ^ Jb 34:11
- ^ Jb 34:20
- ^ Ps 9:5; 11:5
- ^ 1Sa 15:11
- ^ Jb 21:14
- ^ Jb 35:9; Jm 5:4
- ^ Ex 22:23; Jb 22:27
- ^ Jb 5:15; 20:5; 34:17; Pr 29:2-12
- ^ Jb 33:27
- ^ Jb 41:11
- ^ Jb 35:16; 38:2
- ^ Jb 22:15
- ^ Jb 23:2
- ^ Jb 27:23
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