God’s Word Translation
Job 34:32
32Teach me what I cannot see. If I’ve done wrong, I won’t do it again.’
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.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?
Context of Job 34:32
30⌞He does this⌟ so that godless people cannot rule and so that they cannot trap people. 31“But suppose such a person says to God, ‘I am guilty, I will stop my immoral behavior. Teach me what I cannot see. If I’ve done wrong, I won’t do it again.’ 33Should God reward you on your own terms since you have rejected his? You must choose, not I. Tell me what you know. Speak! 34“People of understanding, the wise people who listen to me, will say,
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בִּלְעֲדֵ֣י אֶ֭חֱזֶה אַתָּ֣ה הֹרֵ֑נִי אִֽם־עָ֥וֶל פָּ֝עַ֗לְתִּי לֹ֣א אֹסִֽיף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 34:32
- Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Don’t condemn me. Let me know why you are quarreling with me.
- Psalms 19:12Who can notice every mistake? Forgive my hidden faults.
- Psalms 25:4Make your ways known to me, O Lord, and teach me your paths.
- Psalms 32:8⌞The Lord says,⌟ “I will instruct you. I will teach you the way that you should go. I will advise you as my eyes watch over you.
- Psalms 139:23Examine me, O God, and know my mind. Test me, and know my thoughts.
- Psalms 143:8Let me hear about your mercy in the morning, because I trust you. Let me know the way that I should go, because I long for you.
- Proverbs 28:13Whoever covers over his sins does not prosper. Whoever confesses and abandons them receives compassion.
- Luke 3:8Do those things that prove that you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act. Don’t say, ‘Abraham is our ancestor.’ I guarantee that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones.
- Ephesians 4:22You were taught to change the way you were living. The person you used to be will ruin you through desires that deceive you.
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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