34:8 He goes about 1 in company 2 with evildoers,
he goes along 3 with wicked men. 4
34:9 For he says, ‘It does not profit a man
when he makes his delight with God.’ 5
1 tn The perfect verb with the vav (ו) consecutive carries the sequence forward from the last description.
2 tn The word חֶבְרַה (khevrah, “company”) is a hapax legomenon. But its meaning is clear enough from the connections to related words and this context as well.
3 tn The infinitive construct with the ל (lamed) preposition may continue the clause with the finite verb (see GKC 351 §114.p).
4 tn Heb “men of wickedness”; the genitive is attributive (= “wicked men”).
5 tn Gordis, however, takes this expression in the sense of “being in favor with God.”