Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Holman Bible
yet God has deprived me of justice.
International Standard Version
Now this is Job's claim: "Even though I'm innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously.
American Standard Version
For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
Amplified
“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous [and innocent],
But God has taken away my right;
Bible in Basic English
For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
Darby Translation
For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:
Julia Smith Translation
For Job said, I was just: and God removed my judgment
King James 2000
For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my justice.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.
Modern King James verseion
For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my right;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And why? Job hath said, 'I am righteous, but God doth me wrong.'
NET Bible
For Job says, 'I am innocent, but God turns away my right.
New Heart English Bible
For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:
The Emphasized Bible
For Job hath said - I am righteous, But, GOD, hath turned away my right;
Webster
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
World English Bible
For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:
Youngs Literal Translation
For Job hath said, 'I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 34:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Asserts God's Justice
4 Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good. 5 For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right. 6 Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar. My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression.
Names
Cross References
Job 27:2
As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.
Job 33:9
I am clean, without transgression. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
Job 9:17
For he breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Job 10:7
although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
Job 11:4
For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Job 16:17
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 32:1
So these three men ceased to answer Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.