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<p class="indent2">My <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>wound is incurable, <i>though I am</i> without transgression.’ <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>What man is like Job, <p class="indent2">Who drinks up mocking like water, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But he travels in company with the workers of iniquity, <p class="indent2">And walks with wicked men? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For he has said, ‘It is of no use to a man <p class="indent2">When he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>is pleased with God.’ <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Therefore, listen to me, you men with a heart <i>of wisdom</i>. <p class="indent2">Far be it from God to do injustice, <p class="indent2">And from the Almighty to do wrong. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For He pays a man according to his work, <p class="indent2">And makes <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>him find it according to his way. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Truly, God will not act wickedly, <p class="indent2">And the Almighty will not pervert justice. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who appointed Him with authority over the earth? <p class="indent2">And who has laid <i>on Him</i> the whole world? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If He should set His heart on it, <p class="indent2">If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>All flesh would breathe its last together, <p class="indent2">And man would return to dust. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“But if <i>you have</i> understanding, hear this; <p class="indent2">Give ear to the sound of my speech. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Shall one who hates justice <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>rule? <p class="indent2">And will you condemn the righteous mighty One, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Who says to a king, ‘Vile one,’ <p class="indent2">To nobles, ‘Wicked ones’; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Who shows no partiality to princes <p class="indent2">Nor recognizes the rich above the poor, <p class="indent2">For they all are the work of His hands? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In a moment they die, and at midnight <p class="indent2">People are shaken and pass away, <p class="indent2">And the mighty are taken away without a hand. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, <p class="indent2">And He sees all his steps. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>There is no darkness or shadow of death <p class="indent2">Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>For He does not <i>need to</i> consider a man further, <p class="indent2">That he should go before God in judgment. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He breaks in pieces mighty men without searching <i>anything</i> out, <p class="indent2">And sets others in their place. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore He recognizes their labors, <p class="indent2">And He overthrows <i>them</i> in the night, <p class="indent2">And they are crushed. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He strikes them like the wicked <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>In a public place, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Because they turned aside from following Him, <p class="indent2">And had no insight from any of His ways; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, <p class="indent2">And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So <i>if</i> He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? <p class="indent2">So <i>if</i> He hides His face, who then can perceive Him? <p class="indent2"><i>He is</i> above both nation and man altogether, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>So that godless men would not rule <p class="indent2">Nor be snares of the people. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“For has anyone said to God, <p class="indent2">‘I have borne <i>chastisement</i>; <p class="indent2">I will not work destructively <i>anymore</i>; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Instruct me what I do not behold; <p class="indent2">If I have done injustice, <p class="indent2">I will not do it again’? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Shall He repay on your terms, because you have rejected <i>it</i>? <p class="indent2">For you must choose, and not I; <p class="indent2">Therefore say what you know. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Men with a heart <i>of wisdom</i> will say to me, <p class="indent2">And a wise man who hears me, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>‘Job speaks without knowledge, <p class="indent2">And his words are without insight. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Job ought to be tested <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>to the limit <p class="indent2">Because he answers like wicked men. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>For he adds transgression to his sin; <p class="indent2">He strikes his hands together among us, <p class="indent2">And multiplies his words against God.’”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>Although I am right I am accounted a liar</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>arrow</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>takes delight in God</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>a man</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>bind</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Or <i>For he does not set upon man the time to go to God in the judgment</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>In the place of the ones seeing</i><br><span class="fnverse">36</span> Or <i>to the end</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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