Job 34:31
For has any said to God: I have taken away, || I do not do corruptly,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
In Context
30From the reigning of a profane man, || From the snares of a people;
32Besides [that which] I see, You show me, || If I have done iniquity—I do not add?
Cross References
Numbers 22:34And Balaam says to the Messenger of YHWH, “I have sinned, for I did not know that You [are] standing to meet me in the way; and now, if [it is] evil in Your eyes, I turn back by myself.”
Nehemiah 9:33And You [are] righteous concerning all that has come on us, || For You have done truth, || And we have done wickedly;
Job 40:3And Job answers YHWH and says:
Proverbs 28:13Whoever is covering his transgressions does not prosper, || And he who is confessing and forsaking has mercy.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, || You have disciplined me, || And I am disciplined, as a heifer [that is] not taught, || Turn me back, and I turn back, || For You [are] my God YHWH.
Micah 7:9I bear the indignation of YHWH, || For I have sinned against Him, || Until He pleads my cause, || And has executed my judgment, || He brings me forth to the light, || I look on His righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Job 34:17-31
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. 20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken… Read the whole commentary →