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Job 34:31
Job 34:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
- New International Version (NIV)“Suppose someone says to God, ‘I am guilty but will offend no more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For has anyone said to God, ‘I have borne chastening; I will offend no more;
Context of Job 34:31
29When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth [his] face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike; 30That the ungodly man reign not, that the people be not ensnared. For hath he said unto God, I bear [chastisement], I will not offend; 32What I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more? 33Shall he recompense according to thy mind? for thou hast refused [his judgment]; for thou so choosest, and not I; speak then what thou knowest.
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כִּֽי־אֶל־אֵ֭ל הֶאָמַ֥ר נָשָׂ֗אתִי לֹ֣א אֶחְבֹּֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 34:31
- Job 33:27He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;
- Job 40:3And Job answered Jehovah and said,
- Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
- Leviticus 26:41so that I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,
- Ezra 9:13And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities [deserve], and hast given us such deliverance as this,
- Nehemiah 9:33But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
- Daniel 9:7Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee.
- Micah 7:9I will bear the indignation of Jehovah — for I have sinned against him — until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness.
Commentaries on Job 34:31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Surely it is meet to be said unto God - This is Elihu's exhortation to Job: Humble thyself before God, and say, "I have suffered - I will not offend."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31Surely it is meet to be said unto God - It is evident that this verse commences a new strain of remark, and that it is designed particularly to bring Job to proper reflections in view of what had occurred. There has been, however, much diversity of opinion about the meaning of this and the following verses. Schultens enumerates no less than “fifteen” different interpretations which have been given of this verse. The “general” meaning seems to be, that a…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. 31Suppose someone says: Elihu posed the indirect question, "Job, why won't you admit it?"Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. Job accordingly says so (Job 40:3-5; Mi 7:9; Le 26:41). It was to lead him to this that Elihu was sent. Though no hypocrite, Job, like all, had sin; therefore through affliction he was to be brought to humble himself under God. All sorrow is a proof of the common heritage of sin, in which the godly shares; and therefore he ought to regard it as a merciful correction. Umbreit and Maurer lose this by translating, as the Hebrew will bear, "Has any a…Read the comment
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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
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