Job 34:1-8

1 Then Elihu continued,[a] saying:
2 Hear my words, you wise men, and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.
3 Doesn't the ear test words as the palate tastes food?[b]
4 Let us judge for ourselves what is right; let us decide together what is good.
5 For Job has declared, "I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.[c]
6 Would I lie about my case?[d] My wound[e] is incurable, though I am without transgression."
7 What man is like Job? He drinks derision like water.[f]
8 He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.

Job 34:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 34

In this chapter Elihu reassumes his discourse, and proceeds in his answer to Job, in which are first a preface exciting attention, Job 34:1-4; then a charge is brought against Job, expressed in or extracted from some words that dropped from his lips, not so well guarded, Job 34:5-9; a refutation of these expressions of his in a variety of arguments, Job 34:10-30; and the chapter is closed with some good advice to Job, Job 34:31-33; and with an earnest request of Elihu to men of understanding, to join with him in trying him to the uttermost, Job 34:34-37.

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