New English Translation
Job 34:32
32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’
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
30so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people. 31“Has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more. Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’ 33Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know. 34Men of understanding say to me – any wise man listening to me says –
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בִּלְעֲדֵ֣י אֶ֭חֱזֶה אַתָּ֣ה הֹרֵ֑נִי אִֽם־עָ֥וֶל פָּ֝עַ֗לְתִּי לֹ֣א אֹסִֽיף׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:32
- Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’
- Psalms 19:12Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.
- Psalms 25:4Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!
- Psalms 32:8I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.
- Psalms 139:23Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
- Psalms 143:8May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.
- Proverbs 28:13The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
- Luke 3:8Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don’t begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
- Ephesians 4:22You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,
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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