Although I am right,
    I am considered a liar;(A)
although I am guiltless,(B)
    his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.’(C)
Is there anyone like Job,
    who drinks scorn like water?(D)
He keeps company with evildoers;
    he associates with the wicked.(E)

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(A)Should I lie concerning my right?
My [a]wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
What man is like Job,
(B)Who drinks [b]scorn like water,
Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:6 Lit. arrow
  2. Job 34:7 derision

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

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