Job 34:33
Does God require this of you because it is displeasing to you? For you were the first to speak, and not I. But if you know something better, speak.
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In Context
32If I have erred, you may teach me; if I have spoken unfairly, I will add no more.
34Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man listen to me.
Cross References
Job 15:31He will not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he could be redeemed at any price.
Job 33:5If you can, answer me, and oppose me to my face.
Job 34:11For he will restore to man his works, and according to the ways of each, he will repay them.
Psalms 50:21Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.
Psalms 135:6He established the earth above the waters, for his mercy is eternal.
Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who contradicts his Maker, a mere shard from an earthen vessel! Should the clay say to the potter, “What are you making?” or, “Your work is not made by your 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 →