Job 34:31
For has any said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more].
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
In Context
30that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people.
32Teach thou me that which I do not see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
Cross References
Numbers 22:34And Balaam said to the agent of LORD, I have sinned, for I knew not that thou stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get back again.
Nehemiah 9:33However thou are just in all that has come upon us, for thou have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly,
Job 40:3Then Job answered LORD, and said,
Proverbs 28:13He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [saying], Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are LORD my God.
Micah 7:9I will bear the indignation of LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Job 34:17-31
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 19 How 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. 20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken… Read the whole commentary →