Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.
New American Standard Bible
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
when you have rejected His?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.
International Standard Version
"Should you not be paid back, since you have rejected him? You do the choosing! I won't! Tell us what you know!
A Conservative Version
Shall his recompense be as thou desire, that thou refuse it? For thou must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what thou know.
American Standard Version
Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.
Amplified
“Shall God’s retribution [for your sins] be on your terms, because you refuse to accept it?
For you must do the choosing, and not I;
Therefore say what you [truthfully] know.
Darby Translation
Shall he recompense according to thy mind? for thou hast refused his judgment; for thou so choosest, and not I; speak then what thou knowest.
Julia Smith Translation
Is it with thee? he will requite it, if thou didst refuse, if thou shalt choose, and not I: and what thou knewest, speak.
King James 2000
Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore declare what you know.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know.
Modern King James verseion
Must He repay because you rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore speak what you know.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wilt thou not give a reasonable answer? Art thou afraid of anything, seeing thou begannest first to speak, and not I?
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.
The Emphasized Bible
According to thy mind, must he requite it, that thou hast refused? For, thou, must choose, and not, I, What then thou knowest, speak!
Webster
Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
World English Bible
Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.
Interlinear
Shalam
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 34:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Asserts God's Justice
32 Besides that which I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done -- I do not add?' 33 By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak. 34 Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me.
Names
Cross References
Job 33:32
If there are words -- answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee.
Psalm 135:6
All that Jehovah pleased He hath done, In the heavens and in earth, In the seas and all deep places,
Job 9:12
Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, 'What dost Thou?'
Job 15:31
Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
Job 18:4
(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?
Job 33:5
If thou art able -- answer me, Set in array before me -- station thyself.
Job 34:11
For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.
Job 41:11
Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it is mine.
Psalm 89:30-32
If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
Proverbs 11:31
Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, 'What dost thou?' And thy work, 'He hath no hands?'
Matthew 20:12-15
that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day -- and the heat.
Romans 9:20
nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form it, Why me didst thou make thus?
Romans 11:35
or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?
2 Thessalonians 1:6-7
since it is a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble,
Hebrews 2:2
for if the word being spoken through messengers did become stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience did receive a just recompense,
Hebrews 11:26
greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;