Job 34 New American Standard Bible

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<t><p class="indent1">My <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>wound<MH2671> is incurable<MH605>, <i>though I am</i> without<MH1097> wrongdoing<MH6588>.’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“What<MH4310> man<MH1397> is like Job<MH347>, <t><p class="indent1">Who<MH4310> drinks<MH8354> up<MH8354> derision<MH3933> like water<MH4325>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Who goes<MH732> in company<MH2274> with the workers<MH6466> of injustice<MH205>, <t><p class="indent1">And walks<MH1980> with wicked<MH7562> people<MH376>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“For he has said<MH559>, ‘It is<MH5532a> of<MH5532a> no<MH3808> use<MH5532a> to a man<MH1397> <t><p class="indent1">When he becomes<MH7521> friends<MH7521> with God<MH430>.’ <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Therefore<MH3651>, listen<MH8085> to me, you men<MH376> of understanding<MH3824>. <t><p class="indent1">Far<MH2486> be it from God<MH410> to do<MH7562> evil<MH7562>, <t><p class="indent1">And from the Almighty<MH7706b> to do<MH5766> wrong<MH5766>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“For He repays<MH7999a> a person<MH120> for his work<MH6467>, <t><p class="indent1">And lets<MH4672> <i>things</i> happen<MH4672> in correspondence to a man’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>behavior<MH734>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“God<MH410> certainly<MH637, 551> will not act<MH7561> wickedly<MH7561>, <t><p class="indent1">And the Almighty<MH7706b> will not pervert<MH5791> justice<MH4941>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Who<MH4310> gave<MH6485> Him authority<MH6485> over<MH5921> the earth<MH776>? <t><p class="indent1">And who<MH4310> has placed<MH7760> the whole<MH3605> world<MH8398> <i>on Him?</i> <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“If<MH518> He were to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>determine<MH7760, 3820> to do so, <t><p class="indent1">If He were to gather<MH622> His <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>spirit<MH7307> and His breath<MH5397> to Himself, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>Humanity<MH3605, 1320> would perish<MH1478> together<MH3162>, <t><p class="indent1">And mankind<MH120> would return<MH7725> to dust<MH6083>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“But if<MH518> <i>you have</i> understanding<MH998>, hear<MH8085> this<MH2088>; <t><p class="indent1">Listen<MH238> to the sound<MH6963> of my words<MH4405>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Shall one who hates<MH8130> justice<MH4941> rule<MH2280>? <t><p class="indent1">And will you condemn<MH7561> the righteous<MH6662> mighty<MH3524> One<MH3524>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Who says<MH559> to a king<MH4428>, ‘You worthless<MH1100> one<MH1100>,’ <t><p class="indent1">To nobles<MH5081>, ‘You wicked<MH7563> one<MH7563>’; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Who<MH834> shows<MH5375> no<MH3808> partiality<MH5375, 6440> to the prominent<MH8269>, <t><p class="indent1">Nor<MH3808> regards<MH5234> the rich<MH7771a> as above<MH6440> the poor<MH1800b>, <t><p class="indent1">Since<MH3588> they are all<MH3605> the work<MH4639> of His hands<MH3027>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“In a moment<MH7281> they die<MH4191>, and at midnight<MH2676, 3915> <t><p class="indent1">People<MH5971a> are shaken<MH1607> and pass<MH5674a> away<MH5674a>, <t><p class="indent1">And the powerful<MH47> are taken<MH5493> away<MH5493> without<MH3808> a hand<MH3027>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“For His eyes<MH5869> are upon the ways<MH1870> of a person<MH376>, <t><p class="indent1">And He sees<MH7200> all<MH3605> his steps<MH6806>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“There<MH369> is<MH369> no<MH369> darkness<MH2822> or deep<MH6757> shadow<MH6757> <t><p class="indent1">Where<MH8033> the workers<MH6466> of injustice<MH205> can hide<MH5641> themselves. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“For He does not <i>need to</i> consider<MH7760> a person<MH376> further<MH5750>, <t><p class="indent1">That he should go<MH1980> before<MH413> God<MH410> in judgment<MH4941>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“He breaks<MH7489b> in pieces the mighty<MH3524> without<MH3808> investigation<MH2714>, <t><p class="indent1">And sets<MH5975> others<MH312> in<MH8478> their place<MH8478>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Therefore<MH3651> He knows<MH5234> their deeds<MH4566>, <t><p class="indent1">And He overthrows<MH2015> <i>them</i> in the night<MH3915>, <t><p class="indent1">And they are crushed<MH1792>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“He strikes<MH5606> them like<MH8478> the wicked<MH7563> <t><p class="indent1"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>In a public<MH7200> place<MH4725>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Because<MH834, 5921, 3651> they turned<MH5493> aside<MH5493> from following<MH310> Him, <t><p class="indent1">And had<MH7919a> no<MH3808> regard<MH7919a> for any<MH3605> of His ways<MH1870>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So that they caused the cry<MH6818> of the poor<MH1800b> to come<MH935> to Him, <t><p class="indent1">And that He would hear<MH8085> the cry<MH6818> of the afflicted<MH6041>— <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>When He keeps<MH8252> quiet<MH8252>, who<MH4310> can condemn<MH7561>? <t><p class="indent1">And when He hides<MH5641> His face<MH6440>, who<MH4310> then can look<MH7789> at<MH7789> Him, <t><p class="indent1">That is, regarding<MH5921> both<MH3162> nation<MH1471> and a person<MH120>?— <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“So<MH4480> that<MH4480> godless<MH2611> people<MH120> would not<MH4480> rule<MH4427a>, <t><p class="indent1">Nor<MH4480> be snares<MH4170> for the people<MH5971a>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“For has anyone said<MH559> to God<MH410>, <t><p class="indent1">‘I have endured<MH5375> <i>punishment;</i> <t><p class="indent1">I will not offend<MH2254b> <i>anymore;</i> <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Teach<MH3384> me what I do not see<MH2372>; <t><p class="indent1">If<MH518> I have done<MH6466> wrong<MH5766>, <t><p class="indent1">I will not do<MH3254> it again<MH3254>’? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“Shall <i>God</i> repay<MH7999a> on your terms<MH5973>, because<MH3588> you have rejected<MH3988a> <i>His?</i> <t><p class="indent1">For you must choose<MH977>, and not I; <t><p class="indent1">Therefore declare<MH1696> what<MH4100> you know<MH3045>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“Men<MH376> of understanding<MH3824> will say<MH559> to me, <t><p class="indent1">And a wise<MH2450> man<MH1397> who hears<MH8085> me, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>‘Job<MH347> speaks<MH1696> without<MH3808> knowledge<MH1847>, <t><p class="indent1">And his words<MH1697> are without<MH3808> wisdom<MH7919a>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>‘Oh<MH21a> that<MH21a> Job<MH347> were tested<MH974> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>to the limit<MH5331>, <t><p class="indent1">Because<MH5921> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>he answers<MH8666> like sinners<MH205, 376>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/34-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>‘For he adds<MH3254> rebellion<MH6588> to his sin<MH2403b>; <t><p class="indent1">He claps<MH5606> his hands among<MH996> us, <t><p class="indent1">And multiplies<MH7235a> his words<MH561> against God<MH410>.’”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>Although I am right I am accounted a liar.</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>arrow</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>way</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>set His mind on Himself</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>Spirit</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>All flesh</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>In the place of the ones seeing</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">36</span> Or <i>to the end</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">36</span> Lit <i>of answers like</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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