Job 34

1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. ‡ 1Co 14:20Pro 1:51Co 10:15 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. ¹ ‡ Job 12:111Co 2:15Heb 5:14Job 33:2Job 31:30Job 6:30 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. ‡ 1Th 5:211Co 6:2-5Gal 2:11-14Isa 11:2-5Jdg 19:30Jdg 20:7Jhn 7:24Job 34:36 +15 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. ‡ Job 27:2Job 33:9Job 16:17Job 32:1Job 10:7Job 11:4Job 29:14Job 9:17 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. ² ‡ Job 6:4Job 16:13Job 27:4-6 7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? ‡ Job 15:16Deu 29:19Pro 1:22Pro 4:17 8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. ‡ Psa 1:11Co 15:33Pro 13:20Psa 26:4Psa 50:18Pro 1:15Pro 2:12Psa 73:12-15 +59 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. ‡ Job 21:14-16Job 35:3Mal 3:14Job 9:22-23Job 27:10Job 9:30-31Psa 37:4Job 21:30 +1

10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. ³ ‡ Rom 9:14Deu 32:42Ch 19:7Job 8:3Jas 1:13Gen 18:25Job 36:23Psa 92:15 +711 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. ‡ 2Co 5:10Rom 2:6Rev 22:12Mat 16:27Psa 62:12Jer 32:19Gal 6:7-81Pe 1:17 +412 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. ‡ Job 8:3Psa 11:7Psa 145:17Hab 1:12-13 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? ⁴ ‡ 1Ch 29:11Isa 40:13-14Rom 11:34-36Dan 4:35Job 36:23Job 38:4-41Job 40:8-11Pro 8:23-30 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; ⁵ ‡ Psa 104:29Job 7:17Job 9:4Isa 24:22 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. ‡ Gen 3:19Ecc 12:7Isa 57:16Isa 27:4Job 10:9Job 30:23Job 9:22Psa 90:3-10

16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. ‡ Job 12:3Job 13:2-6 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? ⁶ ‡ 2Sa 23:3Gen 18:25Job 40:8Rom 9:14Rom 3:5-7Job 1:222Sa 19:21 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? ‡ Exo 22:28Pro 17:26Rom 13:7Act 23:3Act 23:5Jud 1:82Pe 2:101Pe 2:17 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. ‡ Deu 10:17Act 10:34Jas 2:5Rom 2:11Col 3:251Pe 1:172Ch 19:7Eph 6:9 +1520 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. ⁷ ‡ Psa 73:191Sa 25:37-391Sa 26:101Th 5:22Pe 2:3Act 12:23Dan 2:34Dan 5:30 +1321 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. ‡ Pro 15:3Job 31:4Jer 16:17Pro 5:21Jer 32:19Psa 139:23Gen 16:13Jer 17:10 +322 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. ‡ Heb 4:13Amo 9:2-3Pro 10:29Psa 139:11-12Jer 23:24Job 3:51Co 4:5Isa 29:15 +723 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. ⁸ ‡ Dan 9:7-9Ezr 9:13Psa 119:137Rom 9:20Isa 42:3Jer 2:5Job 11:11Job 11:6 +424 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. ⁹ ‡ Dan 2:21Psa 113:7-8Psa 2:9Psa 72:4Psa 94:51Ki 14:141Ki 14:7-81Sa 2:30-36 +725 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. ¹⁰ ‡ Hos 7:2Job 34:201Th 5:2Amo 8:7Isa 15:1Isa 66:18Psa 33:15Rev 20:12 +126 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; ¹¹ ‡ Psa 58:10-111Ti 5:201Ti 5:242Sa 12:11-12Deu 13:9-11Deu 21:21Exo 14:30Isa 66:24 +227 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: ¹² ‡ 1Sa 15:11Psa 28:5Isa 5:12Heb 10:392Ti 4:10Act 15:38Hag 2:15-19Isa 1:3 +528 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. ‡ Jas 5:4Exo 3:7Job 35:9Exo 3:9Psa 12:5Exo 22:23-27Job 29:12-13Exo 2:23-24 +429 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: ‡ Job 23:13Isa 26:3Jhn 14:27Psa 27:9Rom 8:31-34Isa 32:17Php 4:7Psa 30:7 +1030 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. ‡ Pro 29:2-121Ki 12:28-302Ki 21:92Th 2:4-11Hos 13:11Hos 5:11Job 34:21Mic 6:16 +4

31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: ‡ Job 33:27Mic 7:9Dan 9:7-14Ezr 9:13-14Jer 31:18-19Job 40:3-5Job 42:6Lev 26:41 +132 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. ‡ Psa 32:8Psa 139:23-24Psa 19:12Psa 25:4-5Psa 143:8-10Job 10:2Job 35:11Pro 28:13 +433 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. ¹³ ‡ Job 33:32Isa 45:9Job 34:11Pro 11:31Psa 135:62Th 1:6-7Heb 11:26Heb 2:2 +934 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. ¹⁴ ‡ 1Co 10:15Job 34:10Job 34:16Job 34:2Job 34:4 35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. ‡ Job 35:16Job 38:2Job 13:2Job 15:2Job 42:3 36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. ¹⁵ ‡ Jas 5:11Job 12:6Job 21:7Job 22:15Job 23:16Job 24:1Job 34:8-9Psa 17:3 +137 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. ‡ Job 27:231Sa 15:23Isa 1:19-20Job 11:2-3Job 23:2Job 35:16Job 35:2-3Job 42:7 +1