Job 34:4

Job 34:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
• New International Version (NIV)Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let us choose what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let us choose justice for ourselves; Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Context of Job 34:4

2Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 3For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food. Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good. 5For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right: 6Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; My wound is incurable, though I amwithout transgression.

Job 34:4 word by word

מִשְׁפָּ֥ט נִבְחֲרָה־לָּ֑נוּ נֵדְעָ֖ה בֵינֵ֣ינוּ מַה־טּֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear

• chooseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• rightמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896

Cross-references for Job 34:4

• Job 34:36Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.
• Judges 19:30And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider it, take counsel, and speak.
• Judges 20:7Behold, ye children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.
• 1 Corinthians 6:2Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
• Galatians 2:11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21prove all things; hold fast that which is good;
• Isaiah 11:2And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.
• John 7:24Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
• Romans 12:2And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Commentaries on Job 34:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Let us choose to us judgment - Let us not seek the applause of men, nor contend for victory. Let our aim be to obtain correct views and notions of all things; and let us labor to find out what is good.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Let us choose to us judgment - That is, let us examine and explore what is true and right. Amidst the conflicting opinions, and the sentiments which have been advanced, let us find out what will abide the test of close investigation.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4ear tests … mouth tastes: Elihu repeated Job’s earlier complaint about the other counselors’ weak argument that, "Wisdom is found with the elderly" (12:11–12; see 6:30; Hebrews 5:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. judgment--Let us select among the conflicting sentiments advanced, what will stand the test of examination.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 34:4

• Prudence

In the dictionaries

• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit

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