Job 34:4
Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
In Context
3For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
5For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
Cross References
Judges 19:30And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in your minds, and give your opinion of it.
Job 34:36May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
John 7:24Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.
1 Corinthians 6:2Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?
1 Thessalonians 5:21Let all things be tested; keep to what is 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 →