Job 34

American Standard Version

1Moreover ElihuH453 answered and saidH559,

2HearH8085 my wordsH4405, ye wiseH2450 men;And giveH238 earH238 unto me, ye that have knowledge.3For the earH241 trieth wordsH4405,As the palateH2441 tasteth food.4Let us chooseH977 for us that which is rightH4941:Let us knowH3045 among ourselves what is goodH2896.5For JobH347 hath saidH559, I am righteousH6663,And GodH410 hath taken awayH5493 my rightH4941:6Notwithstanding my rightH4941 I am accounted a liarH3576;My wound is incurableH605, though I amwithout transgressionH6588.7What manH1397 is like JobH347,Who drinketh up scoffing like waterH4325,8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,And walketh with wicked menH376?9For he hath saidH559, It profiteth a manH1397 nothingThat he should delightH7521 himself with GodH430.10ThereforeH3651 hearken unto me, ye menH376 of understanding:FarH2486 be it from GodH410, that he should do wickednessH7562,And from the AlmightyH7706, that he should commit iniquity.11For the workH6467 of a manH376 will he render unto him,And cause every manH376 to findH4672 according to his waysH734.12Yea, of a surety, GodH410 will not do wickedlyH7561,Neither will the AlmightyH7706 pervertH5791 justiceH4941.13Who gave him a charge over the earthH776?Or who hath disposed the whole worldH8398?14If he setH7760 his heartH3820 upon himself,Ifhe gatherH622 unto himself his spiritH7307 and his breathH7307;15All fleshH1320 shall perish togetherH3162,And manH120 shall turnH7725 again unto dustH6083.16If nowthou hastunderstandingH998, hearH8085 this:Hearken to the voiceH6963 of my wordsH4405.17Shall evenH637 oneH6662 that hateth justiceH4941 govern?And wilt thou condemnH7561 him that is righteousH6662 and mightyH3524?—18Himthat saith to a kingH4428, Thou art vile,Orto noblesH5081, Ye arewickedH7563;19That respecteth not the persons of princesH8269,Nor regardeth the rich more than the poorH1800;For they all are the workH4639 of his handsH3027.20In a momentH7281 they dieH4191, even at midnight;The peopleH5971 are shaken and passH5674 awayH5493,And the mightyH47 are taken awayH5493 without handH3027.21For his eyesH5869 are upon the waysH1870 of a manH376,And he seeth all his goings.22There is no darknessH2822, nor thick gloom,Where the workers of iniquity may hideH5641 themselves.23For he needeth not further to consider a manH376,That he should goH1980 before GodH410 in judgmentH4941.24He breaketh in pieces mightyH3524 men in ways past finding out,And setteth othersH312 in their stead.25ThereforeH3651 he taketh knowledge of their works;And he overturneth them in the nightH3915, soH3651 that they are destroyed.26He striketh them as wickedH7563 menIn the open sight of others;27Because they turnedH5493 asideH5493 from following him,And would not have regard in any of his waysH1870:28So that they caused the cryH6818 of the poorH6041 to comeH935 unto him,And he heardH8085 the cryH6818 of the afflictedH6041.29When he giveth quietnessH8252, who then can condemnH7561?And when he hideth his faceH6440, who then can behold him?AlikeH3162 whether it be done unto a nationH1471, or unto a manH120:30That the godlessH2611 manH120 reignH4427 not,That there be none to ensnare the peopleH5971.31For hath any saidH559 unto GodH410,I have borneH5375chastisement, I will not offend any more:32That which I seeH2372 not teachH3384 thou me:If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?33Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it?For thou must chooseH977, and not I:Therefore speakH1696 what thou knowest.34Men of understanding will sayH559 unto me,Yea, every wiseH2450 manH376 that heareth me:35JobH347 speaketh without knowledgeH1847,And his wordsH1697 are without wisdom.36Would that JobH347 were tried unto the end,Because of his answering like wicked menH376.37For he addeth rebellion unto his sinH2403;He clappeth his hands among us,And multiplieth his wordsH561 against GodH410.

Commentaries on Job 34

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain