Job 34:4

Job 34:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
• New International Version (NIV)Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let us choose what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let us choose justice for ourselves; Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Context of Job 34:4

2‘You men who are so wise and who know so much, listen to me. Hear what I have to say. 3You recognize nice food when you eat it. So you should recognize the value of my words. We should decide among ourselves what is right. We should agree together what is good. 5Job has said, “I am not guilty. But God refuses to judge me in a fair way. 6I am right, but nobody believes me. I have not done anything wrong, but I am suffering and I am near to death.”

Job 34:4 word by word

מִשְׁפָּ֥ט נִבְחֲרָה־לָּ֑נוּ נֵדְעָ֖ה בֵינֵ֣ינוּ מַה־טּֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let us chooseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• to us judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• let us knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896

Cross-references for Job 34:4

• Job 34:36Yes Job, you speak to us like a wicked person. So you should continue to suffer for ever!
• Judges 19:30Everyone who saw what he had done said, ‘In all the time since the Israelites left Egypt, nothing as bad as this has ever happened before. We have never seen anything like it. Think carefully about it. We must decide what to do!’
• Judges 20:7So now all you people of Israel must decide what you will do about it.’
• 1 Corinthians 6:2It is God's people who will judge all the people in the world one day. You surely know that. Since that is true, you should be able to decide about small quarrels between yourselves.
• Galatians 2:11But later, when Peter came to Antioch, I spoke against him. I told him clearly that he had done something wrong.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21Instead, think carefully about everything, to see if it is true. Remember to obey anything that is good.
• Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the Lord will be with him. The Spirit will make him wise, so that he understands things. The Spirit will show him what is right, and he will have the power to do it. The Spirit will cause him to know the Lord and to serve him truly.
• John 7:24Do not quickly decide whether something is right or wrong just because of what you see. Instead, think about it carefully. Then you will judge in a right way.’
• Romans 12:2Do not become like the people who belong to this world. But let God completely change the way that you think, so that you live differently. Then you will understand what God wants you to do. You will know what is good. You will know what pleases God. You will know what is completely right.

Commentaries on Job 34:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Let us choose to us judgment - Let us not seek the applause of men, nor contend for victory. Let our aim be to obtain correct views and notions of all things; and let us labor to find out what is good.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Let us choose to us judgment - That is, let us examine and explore what is true and right. Amidst the conflicting opinions, and the sentiments which have been advanced, let us find out what will abide the test of close investigation.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4ear tests … mouth tastes: Elihu repeated Job’s earlier complaint about the other counselors’ weak argument that, "Wisdom is found with the elderly" (12:11–12; see 6:30; Hebrews 5:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. judgment--Let us select among the conflicting sentiments advanced, what will stand the test of examination.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 34:4

• Prudence

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