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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Must God tailor his justice to your demands? But you have rejected him! The choice is yours, not mine. Go ahead, share your wisdom with us.

Context of Job 34:33

31"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more; 32teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'? Will 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: 35'Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.'

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 9:12Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, 'What are you doing?'
• Job 18:4You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?
• Isaiah 45:9"Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?
• Romans 9:20But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?"
• Romans 11:35"Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?"
• Job 34:11For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
• Job 15:31Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment.
• Psalms 89:30If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,
• Proverbs 11:31If the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
• Hebrews 2:2For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,
• Hebrews 11:26He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
• Psalms 135:6Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
• Matthew 20:12saying, 'These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'
• Job 33:5Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.

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