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34:1 Elihu <0453> answered <06030>: 34:2 “Listen <08085> to my words <04405>, you wise men <02450>; hear <0238> me, you learned <03045> men. 34:3 For <03588> the ear <0241> assesses <0974> words <04405> as the mouth <02441> tastes <02938> food <0398>. 34:4 Let us evaluate <0977> for ourselves what is right <04941>; let us come to know <03045> among <0996> ourselves what <04100> is good <02896>. 34:5 For <03588> Job <0347> says <0559>, ‘I am innocent <06663>, but God <0410> turns away <05493> my right <04941>. 34:6 Concerning <05921> my right <04941>, should I lie <03576>? My wound <02671> is incurable <0605>, although I am without <01097> transgression <06588>.’ 34:7 What <04310> man <01397> is like Job <0347>, who drinks <08354> derision <03933> like water <04325>! 34:8 He goes about <0732> in company <02274> with <05973> evildoers <0205> <06466>, he goes along <01980> with <05973> wicked <07562> men <0376>. 34:9 For <03588> he says <0559>, ‘It does not <03808> profit <05532> a man <01397> when he makes <07521> his delight <07521> with <05973> God <0430>.’ 34:10 “Therefore <03651>, listen <08085> to me, you men <0376> of understanding <03824>. Far be it <02486> from God <0410> to do wickedness <07562>, from the Almighty <07706> to do evil <05766>. 34:11 For <03588> he repays <07999> a person <0120> for his work <06467>, and according to the conduct <0734> of a person <0376>, he causes the consequences to find <04672> him. 34:12 Indeed <0637>, in truth <0551>, God <0410> does not <03808> act wickedly <07561>, and the Almighty <07706> does not <03808> pervert <05791> justice <04941>. 34:13 Who <04310> entrusted <06485> to <05921> him the earth <0776>? And who <04310> put <07760> him over the whole <03605> world <08398>? 34:14 If <0518> God were to <0413> set <07760> his heart <03820> on it, and gather <0622> in <0413> his spirit <07307> and his breath <05397>, 34:15 all <03605> flesh <01320> would perish <01478> together <03162> and human beings <0120> would return <07725> to <05921> dust <06083>. 34:16 “If <0518> you have understanding <0998>, listen <08085> to this <02063>, hear <0238> what I have to say <04405> <06963>. 34:17 Do you really <0637> think that one who hates <08130> justice <04941> can govern <02280>? And will <0518> you declare guilty <07561> the supremely <03524> righteous <06662> One,

• Job 34:1-9 -- Elihu's Second Speech
• Job 34:10-15 -- God is Not Unjust
• Job 34:16-30 -- God Is Impartial and Omniscient

• Elihu

  [ebd] whose God is he. (1.) "The son of Barachel, a Buzite" (Job 32:2), one of Job's friends. When the debate between Job and his friends is brought to a close, Elihu for the first time makes his appearance, and delivers his opini...
  [nave] ELIHU 1. A Buzite and one of Job's three friends, Job 32-37. 2. Son of Tohu, 1 Sam. 1:1. Probably identical with Eliel, 1 Chr. 6:34, and Eliab, 1 Chr. 6:27. 3. A Manassite warrior, who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:20...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• God

  [ebd] (A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew 'El, from a word meaning to be strong; (2) of 'Eloah_, plural _'Elohim. The singular form, Eloah, is used only in...
  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Blasphemy

  [nave] BLASPHEMY See also Slander; Speaking, Evil.Ex. 20:7 Deut. 5:11. Lev. 19:12 Lev. 22:32. Lev. 24:10-16; 2 Kin. 19:22 Isa. 37:23. 2 Chr. 32:19 The following passages from the book of Job (with the exception of Job 21:13,14) are...
  

• Infidelity

  [nave] INFIDELITY. Gen. 3:1 v. 4.; Ex. 5:2; Ex. 14:11 v. 12;; Ex. 16:3, 7; Num. 14:27-34; 16:41; 21:5. Ex. 17:7; Num. 15:30 v. 31.; Deut. 29:19, 20 v. 21.; Deut. 32:15; 1 Kin. 20:28; 1 Kin. 22:24; 2 Kin. 2:23 v. 24.; 2 Chr. 30:6, ...
  

• Death

  [isbe] DEATH - (maweth; thanatos): PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FIGURATIVE VIEW The word "Death" is used in the sense of (1) the process of dying (Gen 21:16); (2) the period of decease (Gen 27:7); (3) as a possible synonym for poison (2 Ki 4:...
  [nave] DEATH. Called in some versions &ld;Giving Up the Ghost,&rd; Gen. 25:8; 35:29; Lam. 1:19; Acts 5:10. King of Terrors Job 18:14. A Change Job 14:14. Going to your Fathers Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29. Putting Off This Tabe...
  

• PROVIDENCE, 1

  [isbe] PROVIDENCE, 1 - prov'-i-dens: I. PROVIDENCE DEFINED II. DIFFERENT SPHERES OF PROVIDENTIAL ACTIVITY DISTINGUISHED III. BIBLICAL PRESENTATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE 1. Divine Providence in the Old Testament Scriptures (...
  

• RIGHT

  [isbe] RIGHT - rit (yashar, mishpaT; dikaios, euthus): Many Hebrew words are translated "right," with different shades of meaning. Of these the two noted are the most important: yashar, with the sense of being straight, direct, as ...
  

• Prudence

  [nave] PRUDENCE. Job 34:3, 4; Psa. 39:1; Psa. 112:5; Prov. 6:1, 2; Prov. 8:12; Prov. 11:13, 15, 29; Prov. 12:8, 23; Prov. 13:16; Prov. 14:8, 15, 16, 18; Prov. 15:5, 22; Prov. 16:20, 21; Prov. 17:2, 18; Prov. 18:15, 16; Prov. 19:2;...
  

• Life

  [nave] LIFE. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics; Brevity and Uncertainty of; Everlasting; From God; Long; Spiritual. Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics Breath of, Gen. 2:7. Called Spirit of God, Job 27:3. Tree of,...
  

• WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL

  [isbe] WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL - wurld, koz-mo-loj'-i-kal: 1. Terms and General Meaning 2. Hebrew Idea of the World 3. Its Extent 4. Origin of the World--Biblical and Contrasted Views 5. The Cosmogony of Genesis 1--Comparison with Baby...
  

• Evildoers

  [nave] EVILDOERS 1 Sam. 24:13; 2 Sam. 3:39; Job 8:20; 34:8, 22; Psa. 14:4, 6; 26:5; 36:12; 53:4; 59:2; 64:2; 92:7, 9; 94:4, 16; 101:8; 119:115; 125:5; 141:4, 5, 9; Prov. 21:15; Isa. 1:4; 31:2; Jer. 23:14; Hos. 10:9; Mal. 3:15; 4:1;...
  

• Destruction

  [nave] DESTRUCTION Physical Decomposition Lev. 22:25. After death, Gen. 3:19; Job 17:14; 21:26; 34:15; Psa. 16:10; 49:9; 104:29; Eccl. 3:20; 12:7; Jonah 2:6; Acts 2:27, 31; 13:34-37; 1 Cor. 15:42, 50. Figurative Of sin, Isa. 38...
  

• Judgment

  [nave] JUDGMENT. The General 1 Chr. 16:33; Job 14:17; Job 21:30; Job 31:13-15; Psa. 9:7; Psa. 50:3-6; Psa. 96:13 Psa. 98:9. Eccl. 3:17; Eccl. 11:9; Eccl. 12:14; Ezek. 18:20-28; Dan. 7:9, 10; Amos 4:12; Matt. 3:12 Luke 3:17. Matt....
  

• Scoffing

  [nave] SCOFFING: 2 Chr. 30:6-10; 2 Chr. 36:16; Job 21:14, 15; Job 34:7; Psa. 1:1; Psa. 42:3 v. 10.; Psa. 73:11; Psa. 78:19, 20; Psa. 107:11, 12; Prov. 1:22, 25; Prov. 3:34; Prov. 9:12; Prov. 13:1; Prov. 14:6, 9; Prov. 19:29; Prov....
  

• Punishment

  [nave] PUNISHMENT. Death Penalty Shall not be remitted, Num. 35:31. In the Mosaic law the death penalty was inflicted for murder, Gen. 9:5, 6; Num. 35:16-21, 30-33; Deut. 17:6; adultery, Lev. 20:10; Deut. 22:24; incest, Lev. 20:...
  

• WORKER; WORKFELLOW; WORKMAN

  [isbe] WORKER; WORKFELLOW; WORKMAN - wur'-der, wurk'-fel-o, wurk'-man (charash, pa`al; ergates, sunergos): "Worker" (artificer) is the translation of charash, "to cut in" (1 Ki 7:14, "a worker in brass"), and of charash, "artificer...
  

• SHEBNA

  [isbe] SHEBNA - sheb'-na (shebhna'; Somnas; but shebhnah, in 2 Ki 18:18,26; meaning uncertain (2 Ki 18:18,26,37 and 19:2 = Isa 36:3,11,22 and 37:2; lsa 22:15)): 1. Position in Isaiah 22: In Isa 22:15 Shebna is referred to as he "wh...
  

• DUST

  [isbe] DUST - dust (`aphar; koniortos, chous): Small particles of earth. The word has several figurative and symbolic meanings: (1) Dust being the material out of which God is said to have formed man (Gen 2:7), it became a symbol o...
  

• FAR; FARTHER

  [isbe] FAR; FARTHER - far, far'-ther: "Far" (adj.), distant, remote; (advb.) widely removed, is most frequently in the Old Testament the translation of rachoq, and in the New Testament of makran, but also of other Hebrew and Greek ...
  

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