Job 34:31
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Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
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Cross References
Numbers 22:34And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have done wrong, for I did not see that you were in the way against me: but now, if it is evil in your eyes, I will go back again.
Nehemiah 9:33But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:
Job 40:3\40:8\Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
Proverbs 28:13He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.
Jeremiah 31:18Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.
Micah 7:9I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see 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 →