Job 34:33

Job 34:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
• New International Version (NIV)Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Will he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Should He repay it according to your terms, Just because you disavow it? You must choose, and not I; Therefore speak what you know.

Context of Job 34:33

31Someone could say to God, “I am guilty, and I have received my punishment. But I will not do any more wrong things. 32Show me the sins that I have done when I did not know about them. If I have done wrong things, I will not do them again.” But you, Job, refuse to accept God's justice. Do you expect God to do what you think is right? But you must choose what you will say. I cannot decide for you. So tell us what you are thinking now. 34Wise people will agree with me. When they hear my words, they will say, 35“Job speaks like a fool who knows nothing. He only says useless things.”

Job 34:33 word by word

הַֽמֵעִמְּךָ֬ יְשַׁלְמֶ֨נָּה כִּֽי־מָאַ֗סְתָּ כִּי־אַתָּ֣ה תִבְחַ֣ר וְלֹא־אָ֑נִי וּֽמַה־יָדַ֥עְתָּ דַבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• according to thy mind? he will recompenseשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• it, whether thou refuseמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• it, whether thou refuseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• or whether thou chooseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• and not I: therefore speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
• what thou knowestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Job 34:33

• Job 9:12If God decides to take something, nobody can stop him. Nobody can ask him, “What are you doing?”
• Job 18:4You are so angry that you are hurting yourself. You will never change the way that things happen in the world. Your anger will not cause the earth to shake, or any rocks to move from their places.
• Isaiah 45:9It will be very bad for people who quarrel with their Maker. They are like pieces of a pot that are lying on the ground among all the other pieces. The clay does not say to the potter, ‘What do you think you are you making?’ The pot does not say to the potter, ‘Your work is useless!’
• Romans 9:20But you are only human. You have no authority to speak against God like that. God has made you. A pot cannot speak against the person who made it! It cannot ask him, ‘Why did you make me like this?’
• Romans 11:35‘Nobody has ever given anything to God, so that God had a debt to pay back to them.’
• Job 34:11He judges people fairly as he sees the things that they do. He gives people what they deserve.
• Job 15:31He may trust in useless things to save him. But he is deceiving himself. Any help that he receives will also be useless.
• Psalms 89:30But I will punish his descendants, if they do not accept my laws. If they do not obey my teaching, my rules, or my commands,
• Proverbs 11:31Righteous people receive what they deserve, here on this earth. So you can be sure that cruel and wicked people will receive their punishment.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6God will punish those people who are causing trouble for you. He will cause trouble for them. That is right and fair.
• Hebrews 2:2The message that God spoke by angels was certainly powerful. God punished people when they did not obey the Law that he gave to Moses. In a completely right way he punished people who did anything wrong.
• Hebrews 11:26Moses could have been very rich in Egypt. But instead, he let people insult him. He chose to receive trouble because of God's special Messiah. He thought that was worth more than if he had a lot of money. He thought carefully about what God would give him at a future time.
• Psalms 135:6He does whatever he decides to do. He rules the sky and the earth, and the deepest parts of the sea.
• Matthew 20:12They said to him, “Some of these other workers came last and only worked for one hour. But you have paid them the same money as you paid us. And we have worked all day in the hot sun.”
• Job 33:5Answer me now, Job, if you can. Prepare yourself. Be ready to explain your problem to me.

Commentaries on Job 34:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33According to thy mind? he will recompense it - Mr. Good renders the whole passage thus: - "Then in the presence of thy tribes According as thou art bruised shall he make it whole. But it is thine to choose, and not mine; So, what thou determinest, say." This may at least be considered a paraphrase on the very obscure original. If thou wilt not thus come unto him, he will act according to justice, whether that be for or against thee. Choose what part thou…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Should it be according to thy mind? - Margin, as in Hebrew “from with thee” - המעמך hamē‛imekā There has been much diversity of opinion in regard to the meaning of this verse. It is exceedingly obscure in the original, and has the appearance of being a proverbial expression. The general sense seems to be, that God will not be regulated in his dealings by what may be the views of man, or by what man might be disposed to choose or refuse. He will act…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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. Rather, "should God recompense (sinners) according to thy mind? Then it is for thee to reject and to choose, and not me" [Umbreit]; or as Maurer, "For thou hast rejected God's way of recompensing; state therefore thy way, for thou must choose, not I," that is, it is thy part, not mine, to show a better way than God's.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 34:33

• Infidelity

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