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Themes in Job 34
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Themes in Job 34

Job 34:1

Then Elihu continued, saying:
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Job 34:2

Hear my words, you wise men,
and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.

Job 34:3

Doesn’t the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?

Job 34:4

Let us judge for ourselves what is right;
let us decide together what is good.
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Job 34:5

For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
yet God has deprived me of justice.
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Job 34:6

Would I lie about my case?
My wound is incurable,
though I am without transgression.”
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Job 34:7

What man is like Job?
He drinks derision like water.
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Job 34:8

He keeps company with evildoers
and walks with wicked men.
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Job 34:9

For he has said, “A man gains nothing
when he becomes God’s friend.”
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Job 34:10

Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.
It is impossible for God to do wrong,
and for the Almighty to act unjustly.

Job 34:11

For He repays a person according to his deeds,
and He brings his ways on him.

Job 34:12

Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly
and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

Job 34:13

Who gave Him authority over the earth?
Who put Him in charge of the entire world?

Job 34:14

If He put His mind to it
and withdrew the spirit and breath He gave,

Job 34:15

every living thing would perish together
and mankind would return to the dust.

Job 34:16

If you have understanding, hear this;
listen to what I have to say.

Job 34:17

Could one who hates justice govern the world?
Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,

Job 34:18

who says to a king, “Worthless man!”
and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?

Job 34:19

God is not partial to princes
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.

Job 34:20

They die suddenly in the middle of the night;
people shudder, then pass away.
Even the mighty are removed without effort.

Job 34:21

For His eyes watch over a man’s ways,
and He observes all his steps.

Job 34:22

There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves.

Job 34:23

God does not need to examine a person further,
that one should approach Him in court.

Job 34:24

He shatters the mighty without an investigation
and sets others in their place.

Job 34:25

Therefore, He recognizes their deeds
and overthrows them by night, and they are crushed.

Job 34:26

In full view of the public,
He strikes them for their wickedness,

Job 34:27

because they turned aside from following Him
and did not understand any of His ways

Job 34:28

but caused the poor to cry out to Him,
and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Job 34:29

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,

Job 34:30

so that godless men should not rule
or ensnare the people.

Job 34:31

Suppose someone says to God,
“I have endured my punishment;
I will no longer act wickedly.

Job 34:32

Teach me what I cannot see;
if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”

Job 34:33

Should God repay you on your terms
when you have rejected His?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.
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Job 34:34

Reasonable men will say to me,
along with the wise men who hear me,
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Job 34:35

“Job speaks without knowledge;
his words are without insight.”
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Job 34:36

If only Job were tested to the limit,
because his answers are like those of wicked men.
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Job 34:37

For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he scornfully claps in our presence,
while multiplying his words against God.
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