Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For unto God hath any said: 'I have taken away, I do not corruptly,
New American Standard Bible
‘I have borne chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;
King James Version
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
Holman Bible
“I have endured my punishment;
I will no longer act wickedly.
International Standard Version
"Has anyone ever really told God, "I've endured, and I won't act corruptly anymore.
A Conservative Version
For has any said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more].
American Standard Version
For hath any said unto God, I have borne chastisement , I will not offend any more :
Amplified
“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured my chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;
Darby Translation
For hath he said unto God, I bear chastisement, I will not offend;
Julia Smith Translation
For he said to God, I was lifted up, I will pervert no more.
King James 2000
Surely it is fitting to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Indeed, does anyone say to God, 'I have endured [chastisement]; I will not act corruptly [again];
Modern King James verseion
For has any said to God, I have taken away; I will not pervert?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"For so much as I have begun to talk of God, I will not hinder thee;
NET Bible
"Has anyone said to God, 'I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more.
New Heart English Bible
"For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
The Emphasized Bible
For, unto GOD, hath one ever said - I have borne punishment, I will not be perverse;
Webster
Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
World English Bible
"For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
Themes
Afflicted saints » Should avoid sin
Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions made beneficial » In keeping us from again departing from God
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 34:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Asserts God's Justice
30 From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people; 31 For unto God hath any said: 'I have taken away, I do not corruptly, 32 Besides that which I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done -- I do not add?'
Cross References
Micah 7:9
The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.
Leviticus 26:41
also I walk to them in opposition, and have brought them into the land of their enemies -- or then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and then they accept the punishment of their iniquity, --
Ezra 9:13-14
'And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this),
Nehemiah 9:33-38
and Thou art righteous concerning all that hath come upon us, for truth Thou hast done, and we have done wickedly;
Job 33:27
He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.
Job 40:3-5
And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --
Job 42:6
Therefore do I loathe it, And I have repented on dust and ashes.
Jeremiah 31:18-19
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou art Jehovah my God.
Daniel 9:7-14
To Thee, O Lord, is the righteousness, and to us the shame of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, in all the lands whither Thou hast driven them, in their trespass that they have trespassed against Thee.