Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
Interlinear
Shalam
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 34:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Asserts God's Justice
32 teach me yourself {what I cannot see}; if I have done wrong, I will not repeat [it]'? 33 {According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know. 34 {Those who have sense} say to me, and [the] wise man hearing me [says]:
Names
Cross References
Job 33:32
If {you have anything to say}, {answer me}; speak, for I desire {to justify you}.
Psalm 135:6
All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all [the] depths.
Job 9:12
{If} he would snatch away, who could turn him? Who could say to him, 'What are you doing?'
Job 15:31
Let him not trust in emptiness--he will be deceiving himself-- for worthlessness will be his recompense.
Job 18:4
"[You who] are tearing {yourself} in your anger, will [the] earth be forsaken because of you? Or will [the] rock be removed from its place?
Job 33:5
"If you are able, answer me. Present [your argument] {before me}; take your stand.
Job 34:11
Indeed, he will repay [according to] a human being's deeds, and according to a man's way he will let [it] happen [to] him.
Job 41:11
Who has come to confront me, that I should repay [him]? Under all the heavens, {it belongs to me}.
Psalm 89:30-32
If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments,
Proverbs 11:31
If the righteous on earth will be repaid, {how much more} the wicked and sinner.
Isaiah 45:9
Woe [to the] one who strives with his {maker}, a potsherd among potsherds of earth! Does [the] clay say to the one who fashions it, 'What are you making?' and 'Your work has no hands'?
Matthew 20:12-15
saying, 'These last [people] worked one hour and you made them equal to us who have endured the burden of the day and the burning heat!'
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"?
Romans 11:35
Or who has given in advance to him, and it will be paid back to him?"
2 Thessalonians 1:6-7
since [it is] righteous in the sight of God to pay back those who are afflicting you with affliction,
Hebrews 2:2
For if the word spoken through angels was binding and every transgression and act of disobedience received a just penalty,
Hebrews 11:26
considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ} greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.