Job 34:10-20
Evangelical Heritage Version
10 So then, you men with understanding, listen to me.
I swear that God never does anything wicked.
The Almighty is far from wrongdoing.
11 He repays a man for what he does.
He causes the consequences of his ways to catch up with him.
12 God would absolutely not do anything evil.
The Almighty does not pervert justice.
13 Did anyone put him in charge of the earth?
Did anyone place the whole world under his control?
14 If God resolved in his heart to recall his spirit and breath to himself,
15 all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.
16 But if you have understanding, listen to this.
Hear the sound of my words:
17 Is it possible that one who hates justice could govern?
Will you condemn the Righteous One, who is mighty?
18 He says to kings, “You are worthless,”
and tells nobles, “You are evil.”
19 He shows no favoritism to high officials,
and he shows no more regard for the rich than for the poor,
because they are all the work of his hands.
20 In a moment they die, in the middle of the night.
People are shaken, and they pass away.
Even the mighty are taken away effortlessly, without a human hand,
Job 34:10-20
Lexham English Bible
10 “Therefore, listen to me, people who have sense:[a]
far be it from God that he should commit wickedness[b]
and that Shaddai should do wrong.[c]
11 Indeed, he will repay according to a human being’s deeds,
and according to a man’s way he will let it happen to him.
12 What’s more, God truly does not act wickedly,
and Shaddai does not pervert justice.
13 Who gave him charge over the earth?
Or[d] who laid on him the whole world?
14 If he should set his heart to it,
and he should gather his spirit and his breath to himself,
15 all flesh would perish together,
and humankind would return to dust.
16 “But[e] if you have understanding, hear this;
listen to what I say.[f]
17 Shall he who hates justice really govern?
Or will you[g] declare the Righteous One, the Mighty, guilty?—
18 the one who says to a king,
‘You worthless man,’ to noblemen, ‘You wicked man,’
19 who shows no partiality to officials[h]
and who does not take note of the noble more than of the insignificant,[i]
for all of them are the work of his hands?
20 In a moment they die,
and in the middle of the night the people are shaken, and they pass away,
and they take away the mighty effortlessly.[j]
Footnotes
- Job 34:10 Literally “men of heart”
- Job 34:10 Literally “from wickedness”
- Job 34:10 Literally “from wrong”
- Job 34:13 Hebrew “And”
- Job 34:16 Hebrew “And”
- Job 34:16 Literally “the voice/sound of my words”
- Job 34:17 Singular
- Job 34:19 Literally “he does not lift the face of officials”
- Job 34:19 Literally “he does not regard the eminent to the face of the poor/insignificant”
- Job 34:20 Literally “not by a hand”
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