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Job 34:7
7“Tell me, has there ever been a man like Job, with his thirst for irreverent talk?
Job 34:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
- New International Version (NIV)Is there anyone like Job, who drinks scorn like water?
- English Standard Version (ESV)What man is like Job, who drinks up scoffing like water,
- New King James Version (NKJV)What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,
Context of Job 34:7
5For Job also said, ‘I am innocent, but God has taken away my rights. 6I am innocent, but they call me a liar. My suffering is incurable, though I have not sinned.’ “Tell me, has there ever been a man like Job, with his thirst for irreverent talk? 8He chooses evil people as companions. He spends his time with wicked men. 9He has even said, ‘Why waste time trying to please God?’
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מִי־גֶ֥בֶר כְּאִיּ֑וֹב יִֽשְׁתֶּה־לַּ֥עַג כַּמָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:7
- Job 15:16How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person with a thirst for wickedness!
- Deuteronomy 29:19“Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate themselves, thinking, ‘I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.’ This would lead to utter ruin!
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 4:17They eat the food of wickedness and drink the wine of violence!
Commentaries on Job 34:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Drinketh up scorning like water? - This is a repetition of the charge made against Job by Eliphaz, Job 15:16. It is a proverbial expression, and seems to be formed, as a metaphor, from a camel drinking, who takes in a large draught of water, even the most turbid, on its setting out on a journey in a caravan, that it may serve it for a long time. Job deals largely in scorning; he fills his heart with it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? - A similar image occurs in Job 15:16. The idea is, that he was full of reproachful speeches respecting God; of the language of irreverence and rebellion. He indulged in it as freely as a man drinks water; gathers up and imbibes all the language of reproach that he can find, and indulges in it as if it were perfectly harmless.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. (Job 15:16). Image from the camel. scorning--against God (Job 15:4).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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