English Standard Version
Job 34:4
4Let us choose what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let us choose justice for ourselves; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
Context of Job 34:4
2"Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know; 3for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food. Let us choose what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good. 5For Job has said, 'I am in the right, and God has taken away my right; 6in spite of my right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
Read all of Job 34Job 34:4 word by word
מִשְׁפָּ֥ט נִבְחֲרָה־לָּ֑נוּ נֵדְעָ֖ה בֵינֵ֣ינוּ מַה־טּֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 34:4
- Job 34:36Would that Job were tried to the end, because he answers like wicked men.
- Judges 19:30And all who saw it said, "Such a thing has never happened or been seen from the day that the people of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day; consider it, take counsel, and speak."
- Judges 20:7Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here."
- 1 Corinthians 6:2Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
- Galatians 2:11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21but test everything; hold fast what is good.
- Isaiah 11:2And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
- John 7:24Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."
- Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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
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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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