Job 34:7
מִי ־ גֶבֶר כְּאִיּוֹב יִֽשְׁתֶּה ־ לַּעַג כַּמָּֽיִם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
In Context
6עַל ־ מִשְׁפָּטִי אֲכַזֵּב אָנוּשׁ חִצִּי בְלִי ־ פָֽשַׁע ׃
8וְאָרַח לְחֶבְרָה עִם ־ פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן וְלָלֶכֶת עִם ־ אַנְשֵׁי ־ רֶֽשַׁע ׃
Cross References
Job 11:3בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁו וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִֽם ׃
Job 36:17וְדִין ־ רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ דִּין וּמִשְׁפָּט יִתְמֹֽכוּ ׃
Proverbs 4:17כִּי לָחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע וְיֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּֽוּ ׃
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 →