Job 34:5
For Job hath said, “I am righteous; and God hath taken away justice from me.
Leeser Tanakh
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 ourselves what is just: let us acknowledge between ourselves what is good.
Cross References
Job 9:17He that bruiseth me with [his] tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without a cause.
Job 11:4For thou hast said [to God], My doctrine is pure, and I am become clean in thy eyes.
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out concerning the violence [done me], but I am not answered: I entreat aloud, but there is no justice.
Job 29:14I took righteousness as my garment, and it clothed me: as a robe and a mitre was justice unto me.
Job 33:9“I am pure without transgression, I am quite clean; and there is no 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 →