Job 34:5
For Job has said, I have been righteous, || And God has turned aside my right,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
In Context
4Let us choose judgment for ourselves, || Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
6Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression.
Cross References
Job 9:17Because He bruises me with a storm, || And has multiplied my wounds for nothing.
Job 11:4And you say, My discourse [is] pure, || And I have been clean in Your eyes.
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out—violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.
Job 29:14I have put on righteousness, and it clothes me, || My justice as a robe and a crown.
Job 33:9I [am] pure, without transgression, || I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.
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 →