Job 34:33

Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

34Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:

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Cross References

Job 15:31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

Job 33:5Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

Job 34:11For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.

Psalms 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Psalms 135:6The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.

Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

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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