God’s Word Translation
Job 34:5
5because Job has said, ‘I’m righteous, but God has taken away my rights.
Job 34:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
- New International Version (NIV)“Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For Job has said, 'I am in the right, and God has taken away my right;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;
Context of Job 34:5
3The ear tests words like the tongue tastes food. 4Let’s decide for ourselves what is right and agree among ourselves as to what is good, because Job has said, ‘I’m righteous, but God has taken away my rights. 6I’m considered a liar in spite of my rights. I’ve been wounded by a deadly arrow, though I haven’t been disobedient.’ 7What person is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
Read all of Job 34Job 34:5 word by word
כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר אִיּ֣וֹב צָדַ֑קְתִּי וְ֝אֵ֗ל הֵסִ֥יר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:5
- Job 10:7You know I’m not guilty, but there is no one to rescue me from your hands.
- Job 11:4You say, ‘My teaching is morally correct,’ and, ‘As you can see, I’m innocent.’
- Job 16:17although my hands have done nothing violent, and my prayer is sincere.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it was my clothing. I practiced justice, and it was my robe and my turban.
- Job 32:1These three men stopped answering Job because Job thought he was righteous.
- Job 33:9⌞You said,⌟ ‘I’m pure—without any rebellious acts ⌞against God⌟. I’m clean; I have no sin.
- Job 9:17He would knock me down with a storm and bruise me without a reason.
- Job 27:2“I swear an oath by God, the one who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty, who has made my life bitter:
Commentaries on Job 34:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Job hath said, I am righteous - Job had certainly said the words attributed to him by Elihu, particularly in Job 27:2, etc., but it was in vindication of his aspersed character that he had asserted his own righteousness, and in a different sense to that in which Elihu appears to take it up. He asserted that he was righteous quoad the charges his friends had brought against him. And he never intimated that he had at all times a pure heart, and had never…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For Job hath said, I am righteous - see Job 13:18, “I know that I shall be justified;” compare Job 23:10-11, where he says, if he was tried he would come forth as gold. Elihu may have also referred to the general course of remark which he had pursued as vindicating himself. And God hath taken away my judgment - This sentiment is found in Job 27:2; see the notes at that place.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Job said he was righteous: See 9:20–21; 13:18; 27:6.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. judgment--my right. Job's own words (Job 13:18; 27:2).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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