Job 34:7
What man is there that is like Job, who drinks up derision as if it were water,
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In The King James Version
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
In Context
6For, within my judgment, there is a lie: my vehement barbs are without any sin.”
8who accompanies those who work iniquity, and who walks with impious men?
Cross References
Job 11:3Will men be silent only for you? And when you have mocked others, will no one refute you?
Job 36:17Your case has been judged like that of the impious; you will withdraw your plea and your judgment.
Proverbs 4:17They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity.
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 →