Job 34:7
What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
In Context
6Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
8He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
Cross References
Job 11:3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
Job 36:17But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the 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 →