Job 34:33

Shall he recompense according to thy mind? for thou hast refused [his judgment]; for thou so choosest, and not I; speak then what thou knowest.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

32What I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more?

34Men of understanding will say to me, and a wise man who heareth me:

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Cross References

Job 15:31Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

Job 33:5If thou canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand.

Job 34:11For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to [his] way.

Psalms 50:21These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

Psalms 135:6Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, he hath done in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps;

Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no 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 →

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