English Standard Version
Job 34:32
32teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
Job 34:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
- New International Version (NIV)Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.’
- New King James Version (NKJV)Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Or ‘I don’t know what evil I have done—tell me. If I have done wrong, I will stop at once’?
Context of Job 34:32
30that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people. 31"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more; teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'? 33Will he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know. 34Men of understanding will say to me, and the wise man who hears me will say:
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בִּלְעֲדֵ֣י אֶ֭חֱזֶה אַתָּ֣ה הֹרֵ֑נִי אִֽם־עָ֥וֶל פָּ֝עַ֗לְתִּי לֹ֣א אֹסִֽיף׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:32
- Job 10:2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
- Psalms 19:12Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
- Psalms 25:4Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
- Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
- Psalms 143:8Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
- Proverbs 28:13Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
- Luke 3:8Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
- Ephesians 4:22to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
Commentaries on Job 34:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32That which I see not - "What I do not know, teach thou me; wherein I have done iniquity, I will do so no more."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32That which I see not, teach thou me - That is, in regard to my errors and sins. No prayer could be more appropriate than this. It is language becoming every one who is afflicted, and who does not see clearly the reason why it is done. The sense is, that with a full belief that he is liable to error and sin, that he has a wicked and deceitful heart, and that God never afflicts without reason, he should go to him and ask him to show him “why” he has…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. 3232. (Job 10:2; Psa 32:8; 19:12; 139:23, 24). no more--(Pr 28:13; Ep 4:22).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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