New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 34:2-22

2“HearH8085 my wordsH4405, you wiseH2450 menH2450, And listenH238 to me, you who knowH3045.3For 1the earH241 testsH974 wordsH4405 As the palateH2441 tastesH2938 foodH398.4Let us chooseH977 for ourselves whatH4941 is rightH4941; Let us knowH3045 amongH996 ourselves whatH4100 is goodH2896.5For JobH347 has saidH559, ‘2I am righteousH6663, But 3GodH410 has takenH5493 awayH5493 my rightH4941;6 4Should I lieH3576 concerningH5921 my rightH4941? My 5 6woundH2671 is incurableH605, though I am withoutH1097 transgressionH6588.’7WhatH4310 manH1397 is like JobH347, WhoH4310 7drinksH8354 up derisionH3933 like waterH4325,8Who goesH732 8in companyH2274 with the workersH6466 of iniquityH205, And walksH1980 with wickedH7562 menH376?9For he has saidH559, ‘9It profitsH5532 a manH1397 nothingH3808 When he 10is pleasedH7521 with GodH430.’

10“ThereforeH3651, listenH8085 to me, you menH376 of understandingH3824. FarH2486 be it from GodH410 to 11do wickednessH7562, And from the AlmightyH7706 to do wrongH5766.11For He paysH7999 a manH120 according to 12his workH6467, And makes 13him findH4672 it according to his wayH734.12SurelyH637 H551, 14GodH410 will not actH7561 wickedlyH7561, And the AlmightyH7706 will not pervertH5791 justiceH4941.13WhoH4310 15gaveH6485 Him authorityH6845 overH5921 the earthH776? And whoH4310 16has laidH7760 on Him the wholeH3605 worldH8398?14IfH518 He should 17determineH7760 H3820 to do so, If He should 18gatherH622 to Himself His spiritH7307 and His breathH5397,15AllH3605 19fleshH1320 would perishH1478 togetherH3162, And manH120 would 20returnH7725 to dustH6083.

16“But ifH518 you have understandingH998, hearH8085 thisH2088; ListenH238 to the soundH6963 of my wordsH4405.17Shall 21one who hatesH8130 justiceH4941 ruleH2280? And 22will you condemnH7561 the righteousH6662 mightyH3524 OneH3524,18Who saysH559 to a kingH4428, ‘WorthlessH1100 oneH1100,’ To noblesH5081, ‘WickedH7563 onesH7563’;19WhoH834 showsH5375 noH3808 23partialityH5375 H6440 to princesH8269 NorH3808 regardsH5234 the richH7771 aboveH6440 the poorH1800, For they allH3605 are the 24workH4639 of His handsH3027?20In a momentH7281 they dieH4191, and 25at midnightH2676 H3915 PeopleH5971 are shakenH1607 and passH5674 awayH5674, And 26the mightyH47 are takenH5493 awayH5493 withoutH3808 a handH3027.

21“For 27His eyesH5869 are upon the waysH1870 of a manH376, And He seesH7200 allH3605 his stepsH6806.22ThereH369 is 28noH369 darknessH2822 or deepH6757 shadowH6757 WhereH8033 the workersH6466 of iniquityH205 may hideH5641 themselves.

Notes

1. Job 34:3 Job 12:11 ↩
2. Job 34:5 Job 13:18; 33:9 ↩
3. Job 34:5 Job 27:2 ↩
4. Job 34:6 Or Although I am right I am accounted a liar ↩
5. Job 34:6 Lit arrow ↩
6. Job 34:6 Job 6:4 ↩
7. Job 34:7 Job 15:16 ↩
8. Job 34:8 Job 22:15 ↩
9. Job 34:9 Job 21:15; 35:3; Ps 50:18 ↩
10. Job 34:9 Or takes delight in God ↩
11. Job 34:10 Gen 18:25; Deut 32:4; Job 8:3; 34:12; Rom 9:14 ↩
12. Job 34:11 Job 34:25; Ps 62:12; Prov 24:12; Jer 32:19; Ezek 33:20; Matt 16:27; Rom 2:6; 2 Cor 5:10; Rev 22:12 ↩
13. Job 34:11 Lit a man ↩
14. Job 34:12 Job 34:10 ↩
15. Job 34:13 Job 38:4 ↩
16. Job 34:13 Job 38:5 ↩
17. Job 34:14 Lit set His mind on Himself ↩
18. Job 34:14 Job 12:10; Ps 104:29; Eccl 12:7 ↩
19. Job 34:15 Gen 7:21; Job 9:22 ↩
20. Job 34:15 Gen 3:19; Job 10:9 ↩
21. Job 34:17 2 Sam 23:3; Job 34:30 ↩
22. Job 34:17 Job 40:8 ↩
23. Job 34:19 Lev 19:15; Deut 10:17; 2 Chr 19:7; Acts 10:34; Rom 2:11; Gal 2:6; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25; 1 Pet 1:17 ↩
24. Job 34:19 Job 10:3 ↩
25. Job 34:20 Ex 12:29; Job 34:25; 36:20 ↩
26. Job 34:20 Job 12:19 ↩
27. Job 34:21 Job 24:23; 31:4; Prov 5:21; 15:3; Jer 16:17 ↩
28. Job 34:22 Ps 139:11, 12; Amos 9:2, 3 ↩