Thematic Bible
Job 34:1 (show verse)
Thus Elihu {spoke up} and said,
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Job 34:2 (show verse)
"Hear my words, you wise men, and listen to me, you who know,
Job 34:3 (show verse)
for [the] ear tests words, and [the] palate tastes {food}.
Job 34:4 (show verse)
Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us determine among ourselves what [is] good--
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Job 34:5 (show verse)
for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.
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Job 34:6 (show verse)
Should I lie concerning my justice? [Though I am] without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.'
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Job 34:7 (show verse)
What man [is] like Job, who drinks scorn like water?
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Job 34:8 (show verse)
And he goes on the road in company with instigators of mischief, and walks with men of wickedness.
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Job 34:9 (show verse)
Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'
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Job 34:10 (show verse)
"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.
Job 34:11 (show verse)
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 34:12 (show verse)
What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.
Job 34:13 (show verse)
Who gave him charge [over the] earth? Or who laid on [him] [the] whole world?
Job 34:14 (show verse)
If he should set his heart to it, and he should gather his spirit and his breath to himself,
Job 34:15 (show verse)
all flesh would perish together, and humankind would return to dust.
Job 34:16 (show verse)
"But if [you have] understanding, hear this; listen to {what I say}.
Job 34:17 (show verse)
Shall [he who] hates justice really govern? Or will you declare [the] Righteous One, the Mighty, guilty?--
Job 34:18 (show verse)
the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,'
Citizens » Rights of
Favoritism » The lord not respecting persons (not showing favoritism)
God » Impartiality of » In favours bestowed
divine Impartiality » In favours bestowed
King » Respect due to
Kings » Speak no evil of
Loyalty » Encouraged
Poverty » The lord being the maker of the poor
Wealth » The lord being the maker of the wealthy
Favoritism » The lord not respecting persons (not showing favoritism)
God » Impartiality of » In favours bestowed
divine Impartiality » In favours bestowed
King » Respect due to
Kings » Speak no evil of
Loyalty » Encouraged
Poverty » The lord being the maker of the poor
Wealth » The lord being the maker of the wealthy
Job 34:19 (show verse)
who {shows no partiality to officials} and [who] {does not take note of the noble more than of the insignificant}, for all of them [are] the work of his hands?
Favoritism » The lord not respecting persons (not showing favoritism)
God » Impartiality of » In favours bestowed
divine Impartiality » In favours bestowed
The poor » Made by God
The poor » God » Regards, equally with the rich
Poverty » The lord being the maker of the poor
Respect of persons » God does not have
Wealth » The lord being the maker of the wealthy
God » Impartiality of » In favours bestowed
divine Impartiality » In favours bestowed
The poor » Made by God
The poor » God » Regards, equally with the rich
Poverty » The lord being the maker of the poor
Respect of persons » God does not have
Wealth » The lord being the maker of the wealthy
Job 34:20 (show verse)
[In] a moment they die, and [in] the middle of [the] night [the] people are shaken, and they pass away, and they take away [the] mighty {effortlessly}.
Job 34:21 (show verse)
"Indeed, his eyes [are] upon [the] ways of man, and he sees all his steps.
Attributes of God » Power of God » Wisdom
Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Escape » None, from the judgments of God
God » Mercy of » Omniscience of
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Knowledge » God's » All the ways of men are known to God
Omniscience » Of God
Seeing » The eyes of the lord
Seeing » What God sees
Ways » God's » Known
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The actions
Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Escape » None, from the judgments of God
God » Mercy of » Omniscience of
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Knowledge » God's » All the ways of men are known to God
Omniscience » Of God
Seeing » The eyes of the lord
Seeing » What God sees
Ways » God's » Known
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The actions
Job 34:22 (show verse)
There is no darkness, and there is no deep shadow where instigators of mischief might hide themselves.
Job 34:23 (show verse)
Indeed, he has not yet appointed [a time] for man to go to God in the judgment.
Job 34:24 (show verse)
He shatters the mighty without investigation, and he sets others in their place.
Job 34:25 (show verse)
Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns [them] [in the] night {so that} they are crushed.
Job 34:26 (show verse)
He strikes them {where the wicked stood}, {where there are onlookers},
Job 34:27 (show verse)
because they have turned aside from him and have not understood any of his ways,
Job 34:28 (show verse)
so that [they] cause [the] cry of distress from [the] helpless to come to him, and he hears [the] cry of distress from [the] needy,
Job 34:29 (show verse)
but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,
Job 34:30 (show verse)
so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.
Job 34:31 (show verse)
"Indeed, does anyone say to God, 'I have endured [chastisement]; I will not act corruptly [again];
Job 34:32 (show verse)
teach me yourself {what I cannot see}; if I have done wrong, I will not repeat [it]'?
Job 34:33 (show verse)
{According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know.
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Job 34:34 (show verse)
{Those who have sense} say to me, and [the] wise man hearing me [says]:
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Job 34:35 (show verse)
'Job speaks without knowledge, and his words [are] without insight.
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Job 34:36 (show verse)
Would that Job were tested up to [the] end because [his] answers [are] like [those from] men of mischief,
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Job 34:37 (show verse)
for he adds transgression to his sin; he claps hands among us, and he multiplies his words against God.'"
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