Job 34:33

Job 34:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
• New International Version (NIV)Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Will he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Should He repay it according to your terms, Just because you disavow it? You must choose, and not I; Therefore speak what you know.

Context of Job 34:33

31“Has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more. 32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’ Is 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 – 35that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding.

Job 34:33 word by word

הַֽמֵעִמְּךָ֬ יְשַׁלְמֶ֨נָּה כִּֽי־מָאַ֗סְתָּ כִּי־אַתָּ֣ה תִבְחַ֣ר וְלֹא־אָ֑נִי וּֽמַה־יָדַ֥עְתָּ דַבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• according to thy mind? he will recompenseשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• it, whether thou refuseמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• it, whether thou refuseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• or whether thou chooseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• and not I: therefore speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
• what thou knowestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Job 34:33

• Job 9:12If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
• Job 18:4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?
• Isaiah 45:9One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, “What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”
• Romans 9:20But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
• Romans 11:35Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him?
• Job 34:11For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.
• Job 15:31Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.
• Psalms 89:30If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,
• Proverbs 11:31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
• Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,
• Hebrews 11:26He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.
• Psalms 135:6He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.
• Matthew 20:12saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’
• Job 33:5Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!

Commentaries on Job 34:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33According to thy mind? he will recompense it - Mr. Good renders the whole passage thus: - "Then in the presence of thy tribes According as thou art bruised shall he make it whole. But it is thine to choose, and not mine; So, what thou determinest, say." This may at least be considered a paraphrase on the very obscure original. If thou wilt not thus come unto him, he will act according to justice, whether that be for or against thee. Choose what part thou…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Should it be according to thy mind? - Margin, as in Hebrew “from with thee” - המעמך hamē‛imekā There has been much diversity of opinion in regard to the meaning of this verse. It is exceedingly obscure in the original, and has the appearance of being a proverbial expression. The general sense seems to be, that God will not be regulated in his dealings by what may be the views of man, or by what man might be disposed to choose or refuse. He will act…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. 3333. Rather, "should God recompense (sinners) according to thy mind? Then it is for thee to reject and to choose, and not me" [Umbreit]; or as Maurer, "For thou hast rejected God's way of recompensing; state therefore thy way, for thou must choose, not I," that is, it is thy part, not mine, to show a better way than God's.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 34:33

• Infidelity

In the dictionaries

• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit

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