Berean Standard Bible

Job 34:2-22

2“HearH8085 my wordsH4405, O wise menH2450; give earH238 to me, O men of learningH3045.3ForH3588 the earH241 testsH974 wordsH4405 as the mouthH2441 tastesH2938 foodH398.4Let us chooseH977 for ourselves what is rightH4941; let us learnH3045 togetherH996 whatH4100 is goodH2896.5ForH3588 JobH347 has declaredH559, ‘I am righteousH6663, yet GodH410 has deprived me ofH5493 justiceH4941.6Would I lieH3576 aboutH5921 my caseH4941? My woundH2671 is incurableH605, though I am withoutH1097 transgressionH6588.’7WhatH4310 manH1397 is like JobH347, who drinks upH8354 derisionH3933 like waterH4325?8He keepsH732 companyH2274 withH5973 evildoersH6466 H205 and walksH1980 withH5973 wickedH7562 menH582.9ForH3588 he has saidH559, ‘It profitsH5532 a manH1397 nothingH3808 that he should delightH7521 inH5973 GodH430.’

10ThereforeH3651 listenH8085 to me,O menH582 of understandingH3824.Far be itH2486 from GodH410 to do wrongH7562,and from the AlmightyH7706 to act unjustlyH5766.11ForH3588 according to a man’s deedsH120 H6467 He repaysH7999 him;according to a man’sH376 waysH734 He brings consequencesH4672.12IndeedH637, it is trueH551 that GodH410 does notH3808 act wickedlyH7561,and the AlmightyH7706 does notH3808 pervertH5791 justiceH4941.13WhoH4310 gave Him chargeH6485 over the earthH776?WhoH4310 appointedH7760 Him over the wholeH3605 worldH8398?14IfH518 He were to setH7760 His heartH3820 to itH413and withdrawH622 His SpiritH7307 and breathH5397 H413,15allH3605 fleshH1320 would perishH1478 togetherH3162and mankindH120 would returnH7725 toH5921 the dustH6083.

16IfH518 you have understandingH998, hearH8085 thisH2063;listen toH238 H6963 my wordsH4405.17CouldH637 one who hatesH8130 justiceH4941 governH2280 H518?Will you condemnH7561 the justH6662 and mighty OneH3524,18who saysH559 to kingsH4428, ‘You are worthlessH1100!’and toH413 noblesH5081, ‘You are wickedH7563,’19whoH834 is notH3808 partialH5375 H6440 to princesH8269and does notH3808 favorH5234 richH7771 overH6440 poorH1800?ForH3588 they are allH3605 the workH4639 of His handsH3027.20They dieH4191 in an instantH7281,in the middleH2676 of the nightH3915.The peopleH5971 convulseH1607 and pass awayH5674;the mightyH47 are removedH5493 withoutH3808 human handH3027.

21ForH3588 His eyesH5869 are onH5921 the waysH1870 of a manH376,and He seesH7200 his every stepH3605 H6806.22There is noH369 darknessH2822 or deep shadowH6757whereH8033 the workersH6466 of iniquityH205 can hideH5641.

Commentaries on Job 34