Job 34:37
that we add not to our sins: for iniquity will be reckoned against us, if we speak many words before the Lord.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
36Howbeit do thou learn, Job: no longer make answer as the foolish:
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:23For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject thee from being king over Israel.
Job 11:2He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed is the short-lived offspring of woman.
Job 27:23He shall cause men to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Job 35:16Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
Isaiah 1:19And if ye be willing, and hearken to me, ye shall eat the good of the land:
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 →