God’s Word Translation
Job 34:8
8who travels with troublemakers and associates with evil people?
Job 34:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
- New International Version (NIV)He keeps company with evildoers; he associates with the wicked.
- English Standard Version (ESV)who travels in company with evildoers and walks with wicked men?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
Context of Job 34:8
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, who travels with troublemakers and associates with evil people? 9He says, ‘It doesn’t do any good to try to please God.’ 10“You people who have understanding, listen to me. It is unthinkable that God would ever do evil or that the Almighty would ever do wicked things.
Read all of Job 34Job 34:8 word by word
וְאָרַ֣ח לְ֭חֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וְ֝לָלֶ֗כֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 34:8
- Job 2:10He said to her, “You’re talking like a godless fool. We accept the good that God gives us. Shouldn’t we also accept the bad?” Through all this Job’s lips did not utter one sinful word.
- Job 11:3Should your empty talk silence others so that you can make fun of us without any shame?
- Job 15:5Your sin teaches you what to say. You choose ⌞to talk with⌟ a sly tongue.
- Psalms 1:1Blessed is the person who does not follow the advice of wicked people, take the path of sinners, or join the company of mockers.
- Psalms 26:4I did not sit with liars, and I will not be found among hypocrites.
- Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you want to make friends with him. You keep company with people who commit adultery.
- Psalms 73:12Look how wicked they are! They never have a worry. They grow more and more wealthy.
- Proverbs 1:15My son, do not follow them in their way. Do not even set foot on their path,
- Proverbs 2:12⌞Wisdom will⌟ save you from the way of evil, from the person who speaks devious things,
- Proverbs 4:14Do not stray onto the path of wicked people. Do not walk in the way of evil people.
- Proverbs 13:20Whoever walks with wise people will be wise, but whoever associates with fools will suffer.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Don’t let anyone deceive you. Associating with bad people will ruin decent people.
Commentaries on Job 34:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity - This is an allusion to a caravan: all kinds of persons are found there; but yet a holy and respectable man might be found in that part of the company where profligates assembled. But surely this assertion of Elihu was not strictly true; and the words literally translated, will bear a less evil meaning: "Job makes a track ארח arach, to join fellowship, לחברה lechebrah, with the workers of iniquity;"…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity - That is, in his sentiments. The idea is, that he advocated the same opinions which they did, and entertained the same views of God and of his government. The same charge had been before brought against him by his friends; see the notes at Job 21.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Job virtually goes in company (makes common cause) with the wicked, by taking up their sentiments (Job 9:22, 23, 30; 21:7-15), or at least by saying, that those who act on such sentiments are unpunished (Mal 3:14). To deny God's righteous government because we do not see the reasons of His acts, is virtually to take part with the ungodly.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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