Job 34:8
Who goeth in company with evil-doers, And walketh with wicked men?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
In Context
7Where is the man like Job, Who drinketh impiety like water;
9For he hath said, “A man hath no advantage, When he delighteth himself in God.”
Cross References
Job 11:3Shall thy boastings make men hold their peace? Shalt thou mock, and none put thee to shame?
Job 22:15Wilt thou take the old way Which wicked men have trodden,
Psalms 26:4I sit not with men of falsehood. And go not in company with dissemblers.
Psalms 73:12Behold these are the ungodly! Yet they are ever prosperous; they heap up riches.
Proverbs 2:12It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked, From the men who speak perverse things;
Proverbs 13:20He who walketh with wise men shall be wise; But the companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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 →