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32 teach me what I cannot see;[a]
if I have done evil, I will do so no more’?
33 Is it your opinion[b] that God[c] should recompense it,
because you reject this?[d]
But you must choose, and not I,
so tell us what you know.
34 Men of understanding say to me—
any wise man listening to me says—

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:32 tn Heb “what I do not see,” more specifically, “apart from [that which] I see.”
  2. Job 34:33 tn Heb “is it from with you,” an idiomatic expression meaning “to suit you” or “according to your judgment.”
  3. Job 34:33 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Job 34:33 tn There is no object on the verb, and the meaning is perhaps lost. The best guess is that Elihu is saying Job has rejected his teaching.

32 Teach me what I cannot see;(A)
    if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.’(B)
33 Should God then reward you on your terms,
    when you refuse to repent?(C)
You must decide, not I;
    so tell me what you know.

34 “Men of understanding declare,
    wise men who hear me say to me,

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