Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.
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.
A Conservative Version
For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right.
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.
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 justice for ourselves; let us determine among ourselves what [is] good-- 5 for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice. 6 Should I lie concerning my justice? [Though I am] without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.'
Names
Cross References
Job 27:2
"{As God lives}, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.
Job 33:9
'I [am] clean, without transgression; I [am] pure, and [there is] no guilt in me.
Job 9:17
who crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Job 10:7
because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?
Job 11:4
For you say, 'My teaching [is] pure, and I am clean in your sight.'
Job 16:17
{although} violence [is] not on my hands, and my prayer [is] pure.
Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice [was] like a robe and a headband.
Job 32:1
Then these three men ceased from answering Job because he [was] righteous in his [own] eyes.