Job 34:33
According to thy mind, must he requite it, that thou hast refused? For, thou, must choose, and not, I, What then thou knowest, speak!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
32What I see not, do, thou, shew me, If, perverseness, I have wrought, I will do it no more?
34The men of mind, will say to me, yea any wise man hearkening unto me:—
Cross References
Job 15:31Let no one trust in him that—by vanity—is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;
Job 33:5If thou art able to answer me, Set in order before me—take thy stand!
Job 34:11For, what any son of earth doeth, he repayeth him, and, according to every man’s course, he causeth him to find.
Psalms 50:21These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set [thine offences] in order before thine eyes.
Psalms 135:6Whatsoever Yahweh hath pleased, he hath done,—in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas, and all resounding deeps:
Isaiah 45:9Alas for him who contendeth with his Fashioner,—A potsherd, [should contend] with the potsherds of the ground! Shall it be said by the clay, unto him that is fashioning it, What wouldst thou make? Or, thy work say, of thee, He hath 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 →