English Standard Version
Job 34:6
6in spite of my right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
Job 34:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
- New International Version (NIV)Although I am right, I am considered a liar; although I am guiltless, his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.’
- New King James Version (NKJV)Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am innocent, but they call me a liar. My suffering is incurable, though I have not sinned.’
Context of Job 34:6
4Let 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; in spite of my right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.' 7What man is like Job, who drinks up scoffing like water, 8who travels in company with evildoers and walks with wicked men?
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עַל־מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י אֲכַזֵּ֑ב אָנ֖וּשׁ חִצִּ֣י בְלִי־פָֽשַׁע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:6
- Job 27:4my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Job 16:13his archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.
Commentaries on Job 34:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Should I lie against my right? - Should I acknowledge myself the sinner which they paint me, and thus lie against my right to assert and maintain my innocence? My wound is incurable without transgression - If this translation is correct, the meaning of the place is sufficiently evident. In the tribulation which I endure, I am treated as if I were the worst of culprits; and I labor under incurable maladies and privations, though without any cause on my…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Should I lie against my right? - These are also quoted as the words of Job, and as a part of the erroneous opinions on which Elihu proposes to comment. These words do not occur, however, as used by Job respecting himself, and Elihu must be understood to refer to what he regarded as the general strain of the argument maintained by him. In regard to the meaning of the words, there have been various opinions. Jerome renders them, “For in judging me there is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Eliphaz accused Job of lying (15:5). This was something Job feared would happen (6:28–29). My wound (literally My arrow): For the connection with the Lord’s "arrows," see 6:4; 16:13; Jeremiah 10:19; 15:18; 30:12, 15; Lamentations 3:12; Micah 1:9; Nahum 3:19.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Were I to renounce my right (that is, confess myself guilty), I should die. Job virtually had said so (Job 27:4, 5; 6:28). Maurer, not so well, "Notwithstanding my right (innocence) I am treated as a liar," by God, by His afflicting me. my wound--literally, "mine arrow," namely, by which I am pierced. So "my stroke" ("hand," Job 23:2, Margin). My sickness (Job 6:4; 16:13). without transgression--without fault of mine to deserve it (Job 16:17).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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