Job 34

1Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַר׃ (446)

2Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

שִׁמְעוּ חֲכָמִים מִלָּי וְיֹדְעִים הַאֲזִינוּ לִי׃ (873)

See also: Job 13:6, Proverbs 1:5, 1 Corinthians 14:20, Job 15:17, Job 21:2, Job 33:1, Job 34:10, Job 34:34, 1 Corinthians 10:15

3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

כִּי־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹל׃ (922)

See also: Job 12:11, Isaiah 11:3, Philippians 1:10, Job 6:6, Job 6:30, 1 Corinthians 2:15, Hebrews 5:14, Job 33:2, Job 6:26, Job 31:30

4Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

מִשְׁפָּט נִבְחֲרָה־לָּנוּ נֵדְעָה בֵינֵינוּ מַה־טֹּוב׃ (1099)

See also: Psalms 45:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Judges 19:30, Judges 20:7, Job 34:34, Job 34:36, Isaiah 11:2-5, Luke 9:55, John 7:24, Romans 12:2, 1 Corinthians 6:2-5, Galatians 2:11-14

5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

כִּי־אָמַר אִיֹּוב צָדַקְתִּי וְאֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִי׃ (1645)

See also: Job 27:2, Job 33:9, Job 15:6, Job 16:17, Job 19:7, Job 32:1, Job 40:8, 1 Samuel 15:20, Job 6:29, Job 8:3, Job 9:2, Job 9:17, Job 10:3, Job 10:7, Job 11:4, Job 29:14, Job 32:2, Job 33:10, Job 35:2, Job 36:3

6Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

עַל־מִשְׁפָּטִי אֲכַזֵּב אָנוּשׁ חִצִּי בְלִי־פָשַׁע׃ (1526)

See also: Job 6:4, Job 27:4, Jeremiah 15:18, Job 9:17, Job 16:13, Jeremiah 30:15

7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

מִי־גֶבֶר כְּאִיֹּוב יִשְׁתֶּה־לַּעַג כַּמָּיִם׃ (1222)

See also: Job 15:16, Proverbs 19:28, Deuteronomy 29:19, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 14:9, Job 11:3, Job 36:21, Proverbs 4:17, Malachi 3:13

8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

וְאָרַח לְחֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן וְלָלֶכֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶשַׁע׃ (2344)

See also: Psalms 1:1, Proverbs 13:20, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Psalms 26:4, Psalms 50:18, Job 35:4, Psalms 73:12-15, Proverbs 1:15, Proverbs 2:12, Job 2:10, Job 11:3, Job 15:5, Job 22:15, Job 34:36, Job 36:17, Proverbs 4:14, Matthew 20:13, Romans 8:33

9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

כִּי־אָמַר לֹא יִסְכָּן־גָּבֶר בִּרְצֹתֹו עִם־אֱלֹהִים׃ (1541)

See also: Psalms 37:4, Job 35:3, Job 21:14-16, Job 21:15, Psalms 73:13, Genesis 25:32, Malachi 3:14, Job 9:22-23, Job 9:30-31, Job 27:10, Isaiah 58:14, Job 21:30, Job 22:17, Job 22:26, Job 33:27

10Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

לָכֵן ׀ אַנֲשֵׁי לֵבָב שִׁמְעוּ לִי חָלִלָה לָאֵל מֵרֶשַׁע וְשַׁדַּי מֵעָוֶל׃ (2161)

11For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

כִּי פֹעַל אָדָם יְשַׁלֶּם־לֹו וּכְאֹרַח אִישׁ יַמְצִאֶנּוּ׃ (1414)

See also: 2 Corinthians 5:10, Matthew 16:27, Romans 2:6, Revelation 22:12, Psalms 62:12, Proverbs 24:12, Jeremiah 32:19, Galatians 6:7-8, 1 Peter 1:17, Proverbs 1:31, Job 33:26, Job 34:33, Isaiah 59:18, Ezekiel 33:17-20, Deuteronomy 31:17

12Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

אַף־אָמְנָם אֵל לֹא־יַרְשִׁיעַ וְשַׁדַּי לֹא־יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט׃ (2130)

See also: Job 8:3, Psalms 11:7, Psalms 145:17, Job 33:23, Proverbs 17:7, Habakkuk 1:12-13

13Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

מִי־פָקַד עָלָיו אָרְצָה וּמִי ם תֵּבֵל כֻּלָּהּ׃ (1229)

See also: 1 Chronicles 29:11, Isaiah 40:13-14, Romans 11:34-36, Job 36:23, Job 38:4-41, Job 40:8-11, Proverbs 8:23-30, Daniel 4:35, Job 37:15

14If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

אִם־יָשִׂים אֵלָיו לִבֹּו רוּחֹו וְנִשְׁמָתֹו אֵלָיו יֶאֱסֹף׃ (1706)

15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

יִגְוַע כָּל־בָּשָׂר יָחַד וְאָדָם עַל־עָפָר יָשׁוּב׃ (1482)

See also: Genesis 3:19, 2 Samuel 14:14, Ecclesiastes 3:20, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Isaiah 57:16, Job 9:22, Job 10:9, Job 30:23, Psalms 90:3-10, Isaiah 27:4, Psalms 22:15

16If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

וְאִם־בִּינָה שִׁמְעָה־זֹּאת הַאֲזִינָה לְקֹול מִלָּי׃ (1261)

See also: Proverbs 1:5, Job 12:3, Job 13:2-6, Job 34:34

17Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

הַאַף שֹׂונֵא מִשְׁפָּט יַחֲבֹושׁ וְאִם־צַדִּיק כַּבִּיר תַּרְשִׁיעַ׃ (2661)

See also: Genesis 18:25, 2 Samuel 23:3, Job 40:8, Romans 9:14, Genesis 18:23, Romans 2:2, Malachi 2:17, Romans 3:5-7, Job 1:22, Job 8:3, Job 21:22, Job 32:2, Job 33:12, Zephaniah 3:5, Matthew 20:13, Romans 3:6, 2 Samuel 19:21

18Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

הַאֲמֹר לְמֶלֶךְ בְּלִיָּעַל רָשָׁע אֶל־נְדִיבִים׃ (1225)

See also: Exodus 22:28, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Proverbs 17:26, Romans 9:14, Romans 13:7, Ecclesiastes 8:4, Acts 23:3, Acts 23:5, Jude 1:8, 1 Samuel 13:13, 2 Samuel 19:6, Job 1:22, Job 10:3, Hosea 14:9, 2 Peter 2:10, 1 Peter 2:17

19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָשָׂא ׀ פְּנֵי שָׂרִים וְלֹא נִכַּר־שֹׁועַ לִפְנֵי־דָל כִּי־מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו כֻּלָּם׃ (3025)

20In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

רֶגַע ׀ יָמֻתוּ וַחֲצֹות לָיְלָה יְגֹעֲשׁוּ עָם וְיַעֲבֹרוּ וְיָסִירוּ אַבִּיר לֹא בְיָד׃ (2659)

21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

כִּי־עֵינָיו עַל־דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ וְכָל־צְעָדָיו יִרְאֶה׃ (1273)

22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

אֵין־חֹשֶׁךְ וְאֵין צַלְמָוֶת לְהִסָּתֶר ם פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן׃ (2004)

23For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

כִּי לֹא עַל־אִישׁ יָשִׂים עֹוד לַהֲלֹךְ אֶל־אֵל בַּמִּשְׁפָּט׃ (1490)

See also: Ezra 9:13, Psalms 119:137, Daniel 9:7-9, Romans 9:20, Nehemiah 9:33, Job 9:32-33, Job 11:6, Job 11:11, Job 16:21, Job 22:4, Job 23:7, Job 34:10-12, Psalms 119:75, Isaiah 42:3, Jeremiah 2:5, Romans 2:2, Job 33:12, Isaiah 3:14

24He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

יָרֹעַ כַּבִּירִים לֹא־חֵקֶר וַיַּעֲמֵד אֲחֵרִים תַּחְתָּם׃ (2138)

See also: Daniel 2:21, 1 Corinthians 1:28, Psalms 2:9, Psalms 72:4, Psalms 94:5, Psalms 113:7-8, Luke 1:52, 1 Samuel 2:30-36, 1 Kings 14:7-8, 1 Kings 14:14, Job 12:19, Job 19:2, Jeremiah 51:20-23, Daniel 2:34-35, Daniel 2:44-45, Daniel 5:28-31, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Kings 2:35

25Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

לָכֵן יַכִּיר מַעְבָּדֵיהֶם וְהָפַךְ לַיְלָה וְיִדַּכָּאוּ׃ (744)

See also: Job 34:20, Job 36:20, Hosea 7:2, Obadiah 1:2, Psalms 33:15, Proverbs 12:7, Song of Solomon 3:8, Isaiah 15:1, Isaiah 66:18, Amos 8:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, Revelation 20:12

26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

תַּחַת־רְשָׁעִים סְפָקָם בִּמְקֹום רֹאִים׃ (2147)

See also: Psalms 28:5, Psalms 58:10-11, Exodus 14:30, Deuteronomy 13:9-11, Deuteronomy 21:21, 2 Samuel 12:11-12, Isaiah 66:24, Ezekiel 16:41, 1 Timothy 5:20, 1 Timothy 5:24, Revelation 18:9-10, Revelation 18:20

27Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

אֲשֶׁר עַל־כֵּן סָרוּ מֵאַחֲרָיו וְכָל־דְּרָכָיו לֹא הִשְׂכִּילוּ׃ (1900)

See also: 1 Samuel 15:11, Psalms 28:5, Isaiah 5:12, Psalms 44:18, Hebrews 10:39, Psalms 107:43, Psalms 125:5, Proverbs 1:29-30, Isaiah 1:3, Zephaniah 1:6, Haggai 2:15-19, Luke 17:31-32, Acts 15:38, 2 Timothy 4:10, Isaiah 26:11

28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

לְהָבִיא עָלָיו צַעֲקַת־דָּל וְצַעֲקַת עֲנִיִּים יִשְׁמָע׃ (2124)

29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

וְהוּא יַשְׁקִט ׀ וּמִי יַרְשִׁעַ וְיַסְתֵּר פָּנִים וּמִי יְשׁוּרֶנּוּ וְעַל־גֹּוי וְעַל־אָדָם יָחַד׃ (2855)

30That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

מִמְּלֹךְ אָדָם חָנֵף מִמֹּקְשֵׁי עָם׃ (913)

See also: Proverbs 29:2-12, 1 Kings 12:28-30, 2 Kings 21:9, Job 17:8, Job 34:21, Psalms 12:8, Proverbs 11:9, Hosea 5:11, Hosea 13:11, Micah 6:16, Luke 13:15, 2 Thessalonians 2:4-11, Revelation 13:3-4, Revelation 13:11-14, Ecclesiastes 9:18

31Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

כִּי־אֶל־אֵל הֶאָמַר נָשָׂאתִי לֹא אֶחְבֹּל׃ (1171)

32That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

בִּלְעֲדֵי אֶחֱזֶה אַתָּה הֹרֵנִי אִם־עָוֶל פָּעַלְתִּי לֹא אֹסִיף׃ (1727)

33Should 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.

הַמֵעִמְּךָ יְשַׁלְמֶנָּה כִּי־מָאַסְתָּ כִּי־אַתָּה תִבְחַר וְלֹא־אָנִי וּמַה־יָדַעְתָּ דַבֵּר׃ (3026)

See also: Job 33:32, Job 34:11, Psalms 135:6, Proverbs 11:31, Isaiah 45:9, Jeremiah 25:28, Job 9:12, Job 15:31, Job 18:4, Job 33:5, Job 41:11, Psalms 89:30-32, Jeremiah 38:21, Matthew 20:12-15, Romans 9:20, Romans 11:35, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-7, Hebrews 2:2, Hebrews 11:26

34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

אַנְשֵׁי לֵבָב יֹאמְרוּ לִי וְגֶבֶר חָכָם שֹׁמֵעַ לִי׃ (1421)

See also: Proverbs 1:5, Job 34:2, Job 34:4, Job 34:10, Job 34:16, 1 Corinthians 10:15

35Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

אִיֹּוב לֹא־בְדַעַת יְדַבֵּר וּדְבָרָיו לֹא בְהַשְׂכֵּיל׃ (1368)

See also: Job 35:16, Job 38:2, Job 9:20, Job 13:2, Job 15:2, Job 42:3

36My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.

אָבִי יִבָּחֵן אִיֹּוב עַד־נֶצַח עַל־תְּשֻׁבֹת בְּאַנְשֵׁי־אָוֶן׃ (1946)

See also: Job 13:9, Job 12:6, Job 21:7, Job 22:15, Job 23:16, Job 24:1, Job 34:4, Job 34:8-9, Job 36:17, Psalms 17:3, Psalms 26:2, Malachi 2:17, James 5:11

37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

כִּי יֹסִיף עַל־חַטָּאתֹו פֶשַׁע בֵּינֵינוּ יִסְפֹּוק וְיֶרֶב אֲמָרָיו לָאֵל׃ (2084)

See also: Job 27:23, 1 Samuel 15:23, Isaiah 1:19-20, Job 8:2-3, Job 11:2-3, Job 23:2, Job 35:2-3, Job 35:16, Job 42:7, Psalms 78:19, Ecclesiastes 10:14, Ezekiel 25:6, Ezekiel 35:13