Job 34:7

What gever is like Iyov, 1 who drinketh up the scorn [of his friends] like mayim? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

In Context

6I declare the mishpat (case) against me a lie; 1 though without peysha, my arrow wound is incurable. 1

8Who goeth in chaverah with the po'alei aven (workers of iniquity, evildoers), 1 and walketh with anshei resha. 1

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Cross References

Job 11:3Should thy vain talk silence men, 1 so that thou mockest, v'ein machlim (without anyone putting thee to shame)? 1

Job 36:17But thou hast been fixated on the din of the rasha; 1 din and mishpat take hold on thee. 1

Proverbs 4:17For they eat the lechem of resha, 1 and drink the yayin of chamasim (violences). 1

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 →

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