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Job 34:5
5Job has said, “I am not guilty. But God refuses to judge me in a fair way.
Job 34:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
- New International Version (NIV)“Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For Job has said, 'I am in the right, and God has taken away my right;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;
Context of Job 34:5
3You recognize nice food when you eat it. So you should recognize the value of my words. 4We should decide among ourselves what is right. We should agree together what is good. Job 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.” 7There has never been a man like Job! He laughs at God as easily as he drinks water.
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כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר אִיּ֣וֹב צָדַ֑קְתִּי וְ֝אֵ֗ל הֵסִ֥יר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:5
- Job 10:7You know that I am not guilty. But you also know that no one can save me from your power.
- Job 11:4You have said, “The things that I teach are true. God knows that I am a good man.”
- Job 16:17But I have not been cruel. And when I pray, I speak honestly to God.
- Job 29:14I always did what was right, like good clothes that I wore. I was fair and honest, like my coat and my hat.
- Job 32:1Job would not agree that he had done anything that was wrong. So his three friends refused to argue with him any more.
- Job 33:9“I am not guilty. I have not done anything that is wrong. I am pure and clean.
- Job 9:17He would attack me with a strong storm. He would hurt me even more, for no reason.
- Job 27:2‘Almighty God has not been fair to me. He has caused my life to be very sad. As surely as he lives, I promise this:
Commentaries on Job 34:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Job hath said, I am righteous - Job had certainly said the words attributed to him by Elihu, particularly in Job 27:2, etc., but it was in vindication of his aspersed character that he had asserted his own righteousness, and in a different sense to that in which Elihu appears to take it up. He asserted that he was righteous quoad the charges his friends had brought against him. And he never intimated that he had at all times a pure heart, and had never…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For Job hath said, I am righteous - see Job 13:18, “I know that I shall be justified;” compare Job 23:10-11, where he says, if he was tried he would come forth as gold. Elihu may have also referred to the general course of remark which he had pursued as vindicating himself. And God hath taken away my judgment - This sentiment is found in Job 27:2; see the notes at that place.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Job said he was righteous: See 9:20–21; 13:18; 27:6.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. judgment--my right. Job's own words (Job 13:18; 27:2).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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