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My suffering is incurable, though I have not sinned.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/34.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />in spite of my right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/34.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Should I lie against my right? my wound <i>is</i> incurable without transgression.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/34.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Should I lie concerning my right? My wound <i>is</i> incurable, <i>though I am</i> without transgression.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Should I lie about my right? My wound is incurable, <i>though I am</i> without wrongdoing.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/34.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, <i>though I am</i> without transgression.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Should I lie concerning my justice? My wound is incurable, <i>though I am</i> without transgression.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Although I am right, I am accounted a liar. My wound is incurable, <i>though I am</i> without transgression.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/34.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Job also argues that God considers him a liar and that he is suffering severely in spite of his innocence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/34.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I'm considered a liar in spite of my rights. I've been wounded by a deadly arrow, though I haven't been disobedient.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/34.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He asks, "How could I lie and say I am wrong? I am fatally wounded, but I am sinless." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/34.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Have I lied concerning the justice that I deserve? My wound is incurable, though transgression cannot be attributed to me.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/34.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/34.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Against my right do I lie? Mortal is mine arrow -- without transgression.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Shall I speak falsehood against my judgment? mine arrow was desperate without transgression.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For in judging me there is a lie : my arrow is violent without any sin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For, within my judgment, there is a lie: my vehement barbs are without any sin.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/34.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I declare the judgment on me to be a lie; my arrow-wound is incurable, sinless though I am.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />in spite of being right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who is the man who has perished without transgression?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Who is the man who is destroyed without an offense?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he has erred in my judgment: my wound is severe without unrighteousness <i>of mine</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/34-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=5205" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/34.htm">Elihu Confirms God's Justice</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3576.htm" title="3576: ’ă·ḵaz·zêḇ (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To lie, be a liar. A primitive root; to lie, literally or figuratively.">Would I lie</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">about</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pā·ṭî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Judgment. ">my case?</a> <a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="2671: ḥiṣ·ṣî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From chatsats; properly, a piercer, i.e. An arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear.">My wound</a> <a href="/hebrew/605.htm" title="605: ’ā·nūš (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To be weak, sick. A primitive root; to be frail, feeble, or melancholy.">is incurable,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1097.htm" title="1097: ḇə·lî- (Adv) -- From balah; properly, failure, i.e. Nothing or destruction; usually without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.">though I am without</a> <a href="/hebrew/6588.htm" title="6588: p̄ā·ša‘ (N-ms) -- Transgression. From pasha'; a revolt.">transgression.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/27-2.htm">Job 27:2</a></span><br />“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6-7</a></span><br />then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me. / Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/9-15.htm">Job 9:15</a></span><br />For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7</a></span><br />though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/13-18.htm">Job 13:18</a></span><br />See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-17.htm">Job 16:17</a></span><br />yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/23-10.htm">Job 23:10-12</a></span><br />Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold. / My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside. / I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/31-6.htm">Job 31:6</a></span><br />let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/7-8.htm">Psalm 7:8</a></span><br />The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/17-1.htm">Psalm 17:1-3</a></span><br />A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit. / May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right. / You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/26-1.htm">Psalm 26:1-2</a></span><br />Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. / Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-24.htm">Psalm 35:24</a></span><br />Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-6.htm">Psalm 37:6</a></span><br />He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-9.htm">Isaiah 53:9</a></span><br />He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1</a></span><br />Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.</p><p class="hdg">I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/27-4.htm">Job 27:4-6</a></b></br> My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit… </p><p class="hdg">wound.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-4.htm">Job 6:4</a></b></br> For the arrows of the Almighty <i>are</i> within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-13.htm">Job 16:13</a></b></br> His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/11-2.htm">Accounted</a> <a href="/job/32-3.htm">Although</a> <a href="/job/20-24.htm">Arrow</a> <a href="/job/19-11.htm">Considered</a> <a href="/job/25-3.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/job/33-9.htm">Disobedience</a> <a href="/job/9-28.htm">Guiltless</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-18.htm">Incurable</a> <a href="/job/5-18.htm">Inflicts</a> <a href="/job/24-25.htm">Liar</a> <a href="/job/10-5.htm">Mortal</a> <a href="/job/13-3.htm">Notwithstanding</a> <a href="/job/33-19.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/job/34-5.htm">Right</a> <a href="/job/23-2.htm">Spite</a> <a href="/job/33-9.htm">Transgression</a> <a href="/job/16-14.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/41-29.htm">Accounted</a> <a href="/job/35-14.htm">Although</a> <a href="/job/39-23.htm">Arrow</a> <a href="/job/34-27.htm">Considered</a> <a href="/job/41-29.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/psalms/32-1.htm">Disobedience</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Guiltless</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Incurable</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-18.htm">Inflicts</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-22.htm">Liar</a> <a href="/psalms/17-9.htm">Mortal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-14.htm">Notwithstanding</a> <a href="/psalms/13-2.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/job/34-17.htm">Right</a> <a href="/psalms/10-14.htm">Spite</a> <a href="/job/34-37.htm">Transgression</a> <a href="/psalms/42-10.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">Job 34</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/34-1.htm">Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/34-10.htm">God omnipotent cannot be unjust</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/34-31.htm">Man must humble himself unto God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/34-34.htm">Elihu reproves Job</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/34.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/34.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Would I lie about my case?</b><br>In this phrase, Job is asserting his integrity and honesty. Throughout the Book of Job, he maintains his innocence despite the accusations from his friends. This reflects the cultural importance of honor and truthfulness in ancient Near Eastern societies. Job's rhetorical question emphasizes his frustration and the sincerity of his claim. Biblically, this echoes the theme of truth found in <a href="/proverbs/12-22.htm">Proverbs 12:22</a>, which states that the Lord detests lying lips but delights in people who are trustworthy.<p><b>My wound is incurable,</b><br>Job describes his suffering as beyond healing, which underscores the depth of his affliction. This phrase can be seen as a metaphor for the intense physical and emotional pain he is experiencing. In the historical context, diseases and wounds were often seen as divine punishment or trials. The incurability of his wound highlights the severity of his situation, similar to the lamentations found in <a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Jeremiah 15:18</a>, where the prophet questions why his pain is perpetual and his wound incurable.<p><b>though I am without transgression.</b><br>Job insists on his innocence, which is a central theme in the book. This claim of being without transgression is significant because it challenges the retributive justice theology of his time, which held that suffering was a direct result of sin. Job's assertion parallels the righteousness attributed to figures like Noah and Daniel, who were also considered blameless in their generations (<a href="/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14</a>). This phrase also foreshadows the sinless nature of Christ, who suffered despite being without sin, as described in <a href="/1_peter/2-22.htm">1 Peter 2:22</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the justice of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/elihu.htm">Elihu</a></b><br>A younger friend of Job who speaks in chapters 32-37. He attempts to offer a different perspective on Job's suffering, emphasizing God's justice and sovereignty.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The series of calamities that befall Job, including the loss of his children, wealth, and health, which lead to his deep lament and questioning.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who visit Job to offer counsel but ultimately argue that his suffering must be due to sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_innocent_suffering.htm">The Reality of Innocent Suffering</a></b><br>Job's declaration of innocence amidst suffering challenges the simplistic view that all suffering is a direct result of personal sin. This invites believers to trust in God's greater purposes even when they do not understand their circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_integrity.htm">The Importance of Integrity</a></b><br>Job maintains his integrity by refusing to falsely confess to sins he did not commit. This teaches the importance of honesty and integrity in our relationship with God and others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>Elihu's speeches, including this verse, remind us of God's ultimate justice and sovereignty. Believers are encouraged to trust in God's righteous character, even when His ways are beyond our comprehension.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lament_in_faith.htm">The Role of Lament in Faith</a></b><br>Job's expression of his incurable wound is a form of lament, which is a valid and important part of a believer's faith journey. It allows for honest communication with God about pain and suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_redemption.htm">The Hope of Redemption</a></b><br>While Job speaks of an incurable wound, the broader biblical account points to the hope of redemption and healing through Christ, who bore our transgressions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_34.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 34</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_divine_justice_retributive.htm">Why does divine justice resemble human retributive justice rather than a more enlightened system?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_christ_'becoming_sin'_fit_justice.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21 - How does Christ 'becoming sin' fit logically with the concept of personal responsibility and justice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god's_justice_align_with_destruction.htm">Job 34:12 - Elihu insists God always acts justly; how does this align with texts describing God commanding destruction (e.g., Joshua 6)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_34_31-32_align_with_free_will.htm">Job 34:31-32 - Elihu suggests people should submit and learn; how do we reconcile this with free will and instances where righteous behavior goes unrewarded?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Should I lie against my right?</span>--Comp. <a href="/context/job/27-2.htm" title="As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul;">Job 27:2-6</a>.<p><span class= "bld">My wound is incurable.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">my arrow, i.e., </span>the arrow which hath wounded me. (See <a href="/job/16-11.htm" title="God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.">Job 16:11</a>; <a href="/job/17-1.htm" title="My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.">Job 17:1</a>, &c.)<p><span class= "bld">Without transgression.</span>--That is to say, <span class= "ital">on my part. </span>(See <a href="/job/16-17.htm" title="Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure.">Job 16:17</a>.) Some understand the former clause, "Notwithstanding my right, I am accounted a liar," but the Authorised Version is more probably right.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Should I lie against my right?</span> This was an essential portion of Job's argument (see <a href="/job/27-4.htm">Job 27:4</a>). Against the theory of his secret heinous wickedness put forward by his "comforters," he maintained consistently his freedom from conscious deliberate opposition to the will of God, and refused to make the confessions which they suggested or required, on the ground that they would have been untrue - in making them he would have "lied against his right." In this certainly Job "sinned not." But it was essential to the theory of Elihu, no less than to that of Eliphaz and his friends, that Job was suffering on account of past iniquity, whether he were being punished for it in anger or chastised for it in love (see <a href="/job/33-17.htm">Job 33:17, 27</a>). <span class="cmt_word">My wound</span> (literally, <span class="accented">my arrow</span>; comp. <a href="/job/6-4.htm">Job 6:4</a>) <span class="cmt_word">is incurable without transgression</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> without my having committed any transgression to account for it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/34-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Would I lie</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲכַזֵּ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḵaz·zêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3576.htm">Strong's 3576: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie, be a liar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">about</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my case?</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(miš·pā·ṭî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My wound</span><br /><span class="heb">חִצִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥiṣ·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2671.htm">Strong's 2671: </a> </span><span class="str2">A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is incurable,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנ֖וּשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nūš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_605.htm">Strong's 605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be frail, feeble, melancholy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">though I am without</span><br /><span class="heb">בְלִי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·lî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> </span><span class="str2">Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as</span><br /><br /><span class="word">transgression.’</span><br /><span class="heb">פָֽשַׁע׃</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ā·ša‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6588.htm">Strong's 6588: </a> </span><span class="str2">Transgression</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/34-6.htm">OT Poetry: Job 34:6 Notwithstanding my right I am considered (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/34-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 34:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 34:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/34-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 34:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 34:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>