Job 34:7-17

7 Is there anyone like Job, who drinks scorn like water?
8 He keeps company with evildoers; he associates with the wicked.
9 For he says, ‘There is no profit in trying to please God.’
10 “So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, from the Almighty to do wrong.
11 He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves.
12 It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice.
13 Who appointed him over the earth? Who put him in charge of the whole world?
14 If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit[a] and breath,
15 all humanity would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
16 “If you have understanding, hear this; listen to what I say.
17 Can someone who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One?

Cross References 21

  • 1. S Job 9:21; S Job 15:16
  • 2. S Job 22:15; Psalms 50:18
  • 3. S Job 9:29-31; S Job 21:15; Job 35:3
  • 4. Job 32:10
  • 5. ver 16; S Job 12:12
  • 6. S Genesis 18:25
  • 7. ver 12; Deuteronomy 32:4; Job 8:3; Job 36:23; Psalms 92:15; Romans 3:5; Romans 9:14
  • 8. S Job 21:31; Psalms 62:12; S Matthew 16:27; Romans 2:6; 2 Corinthians 5:10
  • 9. Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 32:19; Ezekiel 33:20
  • 10. S ver 10; Titus 1:2; Hebrews 6:18
  • 11. S Job 8:3; Psalms 9:16; Colossians 3:25; 2 Thessalonians 1:6
  • 12. Hebrews 1:2
  • 13. Job 36:23; Job 38:4,6; Isaiah 40:14
  • 14. S Genesis 6:3
  • 15. S Numbers 16:22; S Job 27:3; Psalms 104:29
  • 16. S Genesis 6:13; Lamentations 3:22; Malachi 3:6; John 3:16
  • 17. S Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; S Job 7:21; Job 9:22; Psalms 90:10
  • 18. S ver 10
  • 19. S Job 32:10
  • 20. ver 30; 2 Samuel 23:3-4; Proverbs 20:8,26; Proverbs 24:23-25; Proverbs 28:28
  • 21. ver 29; S Job 10:7; Job 40:8; Romans 3:5-6

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