Verse 4
Job 34:4
Bible in Basic English
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Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִשְׁפָּ֥ט נִבְחֲרָה לָּ֑/נוּ נֵדְעָ֖ה בֵינֵ֣י/נוּ מַה טּֽוֹב
English Translation
A chosen judgment for us; let us know between us what is good.
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Chapter 34 Context
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And Elihu made answer and said,
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Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
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For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
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Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselve...
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For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God (Elohim) who has taken away my right;
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Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.
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What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God (Elohim),
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And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?
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For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God (Elohim).
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Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God (Elohim)...
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For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
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Truly, God (Elohim) does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
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Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?
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If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,
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All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
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If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.
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How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
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He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;
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Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the...
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Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth,...
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For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
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There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.
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For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
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He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place...
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For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.
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The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all o...
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Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,
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So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
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Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,
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Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.
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May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
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For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God (Eloh...
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