Job 34:33

Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

32That which I see not teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?

34Men of understanding will say unto me, yea, every wise man that heareth me:

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Cross References

Job 15:31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.

Job 33:5If thou canst, answer thou me, set thy words in order before me, stand forth.

Job 34:11For the work of a man will He requite unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set the cause before thine eyes.

Psalms 135:6Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that hath He done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it: 'What makest thou?' Or: 'Thy work, it 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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