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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Must God tailor his justice to your demands? But you have rejected him! The choice is yours, not mine. Go ahead, share your wisdom with us.

Context of Job 34:33

31“Suppose someone says to God, ‘I am guilty but will offend no more. 32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.’ Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know. 34“Men of understanding declare, wise men who hear me say to me, 35‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’

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 stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
• Job 18:4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
• Isaiah 45:9“Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘The potter has no hands’?
• Romans 9:20But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ”
• Romans 11:35“Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?”
• Job 34:11He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves.
• Job 15:31Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
• Psalms 89:30“If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
• Proverbs 11:31If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you
• Hebrews 2:2For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,
• Hebrews 11:26He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.
• Psalms 135:6The Lord does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.
• Matthew 20:12‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
• Job 33:5Answer me then, if you can; stand up and argue your case before me.

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