Job 34:7
Who [is] a man like Job? He drinks scoffing like water,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
In Context
6Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression.
8And he has traveled for company || With workers of iniquity, || So as to go with men of wickedness.
Cross References
Job 11:3Your boastings make men keep silent, || You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
Job 36:17And you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, || Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury,
Proverbs 4:17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, || And they drink wine of violence.
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 →