Job 34:5
For Job hath said: 'I am righteous, and God hath taken away my right;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
In Context
4Let us choose for us that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
Cross References
Job 9:17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
Job 11:4And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 33:9'I am clean, without transgression, I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me;
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 →