Job 34:7
What man is like Job? He drinketh in scoffing like water;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
In Context
8And is on the way to keep company, with the workers of iniquity, and to walk with lawless men.
Cross References
Job 11:3Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
Job 36:17But, with the plea of a lawless one, thou art full, Plea and sentence, will take fast hold.
Proverbs 4:17For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.
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 →