Job 34:33

Shall his recompense be as thou desire, that thou refuse it? For thou must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what thou know.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Should 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.

In Context

32Teach thou me that which I do not see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?

34Men of understanding will say to me, yes, every wise man who hears me,

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Cross References

Job 15:31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense.

Job 33:5If thou can, answer thou me. Set [thy words] in order before me. Stand forth.

Job 34:11For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Psalms 50:21These things thou have done, and I kept silence. Thou thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself. [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

Psalms 135:6Whatever LORD pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps,

Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who strives with his maker, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What are thou making? or thy work, He has no hands?

Matthew Henry on Job 34:32-37

31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: 32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 33 Should 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. 34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. 35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. 36 My desire is that Job may be tried… Read the whole commentary →

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