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Job 34:5
5“Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice.
Job 34:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
- 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)For Job also said, ‘I am innocent, but God has taken away my rights.
Context of Job 34:5
3For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food. 4Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good. “Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice. 6Although I am right, I am considered a liar; although I am guiltless, his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.’ 7Is there anyone like Job, who drinks scorn like water?
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כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר אִיּ֣וֹב צָדַ֑קְתִּי וְ֝אֵ֗ל הֵסִ֥יר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 34:5
- Job 10:7though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
- Job 11:4You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’
- Job 16:17yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.
- Job 32:1So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Job 33:9‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin.
- Job 9:17He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.
- Job 27:2“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
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
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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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