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 declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say: 35‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’ If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man. 37For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

Job 34:36 word by word

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

• If onlyאָבִי'âbeh · oh that!H15
• Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• were triedבָּחַןbâchan · to testH974
• toעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• the utmostנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• forעַל‛al · uponH5921
• answeringתְּשׁוּבָהteshûbâh teshûbâh · turnH8666
• like a wickedאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
• manאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582

Cross-references for Job 34:36

• Job 23:16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
• Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
• Psalms 26:2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
• James 5:11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
• Job 34:8He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
• Job 12:6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
• Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
• Job 24:1“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never 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