Job 34:8
Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
In Context
7What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,
9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
Cross References
Job 11:3Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 22:15Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
Proverbs 2:12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
Proverbs 13:20Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
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 →