Job 34:8
And is on the way to keep company, with the workers of iniquity, and to walk with lawless men.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
In Context
7What man is like Job? He drinketh in scoffing like water;
9For he hath said, It profiteth not a man, when, his good pleasure, is with God.
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 22:15The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;
Psalms 73:12Lo! these, are the lawless, Who are secure for an age, They have attained unto wealth.
Proverbs 2:12To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.
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 →