Job 34:4
Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
In Context
3For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food.
5For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right.
Cross References
Judges 19:30And it was so, that all who saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the sons of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, take counsel, and speak.
Job 34:36But surely not. Learn thou Job not to still give an answer like the foolish,
John 7:24Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
1 Corinthians 6:2Or know ye not that the sanctified will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of very small legal disputes?
1 Thessalonians 5:21but examine all things. Hold firm the good.
Matthew Henry on Job 34:2-10
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. 7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 8 Which goeth in… Read the whole commentary →