Job 34:36

Job 34:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
• New International Version (NIV)Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost for answering like a wicked man!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Would that Job were tried to the end, because he answers like wicked men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost, Because his answers are like those of wicked men!

Context of Job 34:36

34Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me: 35Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom. Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men. 37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.

Job 34:36 word by word

אָבִ֗י יִבָּחֵ֣ן אִיּ֣וֹב עַד־נֶ֑צַח עַל־תְּ֝שֻׁבֹ֗ת בְּאַנְשֵׁי־אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear

• Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Cross-references for Job 34:36

• Job 23:16For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;
• Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Psalms 26:2Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.
• James 5:11Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
• Job 34:8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?
• Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
• Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
• Job 24:1Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

Commentaries on Job 34:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end - איוב יבחן אבי abi yibbachen Aiyob, "My father, let Job be tried." So the Vulgate, Pater mi, probetur Job. But it may be as in the common translation, I wish Job to be tried; or, as Mr. Good renders it, Verily, let Job be pursued to conquest for replying like wicked men. This is a very harsh wish: but the whole chapter is in the same spirit; nearly destitute of mildness and compassion. Who could suppose…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36My desire is - Margin, “or, “my father, let Job be tried.”” This variation between the text and the margin, arises from the different interpretations affixed to the Hebrew word אבי 'âbiy The Hebrew word commonly means “father,” and some have supposed that that sense is to be retained here, and then it would be a solemn appeal to God as his Father - expressing the earnest prayer of Elihu that Job might be fully tried. But the difficulties in this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-37Verses 31-37 When we reprove for what is amiss, we must direct to what is good. Job's friends would have had him own himself a wicked man. Let will only oblige him to own that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. Let us, in giving reproof, not make a matter worse than it is. Elihu directs Job to humble himself before God for his sins, and to accept the punishment. Also to pray to God to discover his sins to him. A good man is willing to know the worst of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36tried to the utmost: Zophar also said that Job should have suffered worse punishment than he did (11:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. Margin, not so well, "My father," Elihu addressing God. This title does not elsewhere occur in Job. tried--by calamities. answers for wicked men--(See on Job 34:8). Trials of the godly are not removed until they produce the effect designed.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Job
• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit
• Answer
• Elihu (2)
• End

Commentaries on Job 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings