Job 34:32

Besides [that which] I see, You show me, || If I have done iniquity—I do not add?

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

In Context

31For has any said to God: I have taken away, || I do not do corruptly,

33Does He repay by you, that you have refused—That you choose, and not I? And what you have known, speak.

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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.”

Job 33:27[Then] he looks on men and says, || I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, || And it has not been profitable to me.

Psalms 19:12[His] errors—who understands? Declare me innocent from hidden ones,

Psalms 25:4Your ways, O YHWH, cause me to know, || You teach me Your paths.

Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart, || Try me, and know my thoughts,

Proverbs 28:13Whoever is covering his transgressions does not prosper, || And he who is confessing and forsaking has mercy.

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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