Job 34:8

8 And he goes on the road in company with instigators of mischief, and walks with men of wickedness.

Job 34:8 Meaning and Commentary

Job 34:8

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity
The worst of men, who make it their constant business and employment to commit sin:

and walketh with wicked men;
the most abandoned of mankind. Not that Job kept company with such, and walked with them in all excess of not; nor did Elihu think so; Job was "a man that feared God, and eschewed evil", and evil men; he was "a companion of them that feared the Lord"; his delight was "with the excellent of the earth": nor should a good man keep company and walk with the wicked, nor can he with any pleasure. But the sense is, that by his words, the expressions that dropped from his lips, he seemed to agree with them, and to be of the same sentiments with them; and what he delivered tended to encourage and harden them in their sinful ways; and what those words were follow.

Job 34:8 In-Context

6 Should I lie concerning my justice? [Though I am] without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.'

7 What man [is] like Job, who drinks scorn like water?

8 And he goes on the road in company with instigators of mischief, and walks with men of wickedness.

9 Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'

10 "Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.