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Elihu Confirms God’s Justice

Job 34:36

In 11 translations

BSB
If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
KJV
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.My…: or, My father, let Job be tried
WEB
I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
ASV
Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.
LSV
My Father! Let Job be tried—to victory, || Because of answers for men of iniquity,
YLT
My Father! let Job be tried — unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,
DBY
Would that Job may be tried unto the end, because of [his] answers after the manner of evil men!
DRC
My father, let Job be tried even to the end: cease not from the man of iniquity.
GNV
I desire that Iob may be tryed, vnto the ende touching the answeres for wicked men.
JPS
Would that Job were tried unto the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
LXXE
Howbeit do thou learn, Job: no longer make answer as the foolish:

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Original-language editions

WLC
אָבִ֗י יִבָּחֵ֣ן אִיּ֣וֹב עַד־נֶ֑צַח עַל־תְּ֝שֻׁבֹ֗ת בְּאַנְשֵׁי־אָֽוֶן׃
LXX-Br
Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ μάθε Ἰώβ, μὴ δῷς ἔτι ἀνταπόκρισιν ὥσπερ οἱ ἄφρονες·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 23:16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
  • Job 12:6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
  • Job 34:8–9He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men. For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
  • Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
  • Psalms 26:2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
  • Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
  • Job 24:1“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
  • Job 22:15Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
  • James 5:11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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