Job 34:8
Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 scorning like water?
9For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'
Cross References
Job 11:3Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to 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, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
Proverbs 2:12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall 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 →