Job 34:4

4 Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.

Job 34:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
ESV
4 Let us choose what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
NLT
4 So let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
MSG
4 To put our heads together and figure out what's going on here?
CSB
4 Let us judge for ourselves what is right; let us decide together what is good.

Job 34:4 Meaning and Commentary

Job 34:4

Let us choose to us judgments
Take the part of the question or controversy in which truth and justice lie, and he doubtless has respect to the present controversy with Job;

let us know among ourselves what [is] good;
agree upon that which is best to be done in the present case, what judgment to be made of the dealings of God with Job, and his behaviour under them, and what the best advice to give to him.

Job 34:4 In-Context

2 “Hear my words, you wise men; listen to me, you men of learning.
3 For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.
4 Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
5 “Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice.
6 Although I am right, I am considered a liar; although I am guiltless, his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.’

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Job 12:12; Hebrews 5:14
  • 2. 1 Thessalonians 5:21
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