Job 34:5

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

3For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food. 4Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us understand among ourselves what is good. For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, But God has taken away my right; 6Should I lie about my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without wrongdoing.’ 7What man is like Job, Who drinks up derision like water,

Job 34:5 word by word

כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר אִיּ֣וֹב צָדַ֑קְתִּי וְ֝אֵ֗ל הֵסִ֥יר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• For Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• has saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I amצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663
• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• has takenסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• my rightמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941

Cross-references for Job 34:5

• Job 10:7According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no one to save me from Your hand.
• Job 11:4For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’
• Job 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
• Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a headband.
• Job 32:1Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• Job 33:9‘I am pure, without wrongdoing; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
• Job 9:17For He bruises me with a storm And multiplies my wounds without cause.
• Job 27:2“As God lives, who has taken away my right, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

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

Topics related to Job 34:5

• Blasphemy

In the dictionaries

• God
• Job
• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit
• Right
• Take

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