Job 34:10-20
New American Standard Bible
10 “Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to (A)do evil,
And from the Almighty to do wrong.
11 For He repays a person for (B)his work,
And lets things happen in correspondence to a man’s [a]behavior.
12 (C)God certainly will not act wickedly,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
13 Who (D)gave Him authority over the earth?
And who (E)has placed the whole world on Him?
14 If He were to [b]determine to do so,
If He were to (F)gather His [c]spirit and His breath to Himself,
15 [d](G)Humanity would perish together,
And mankind would (H)return to dust.
16 “But if you have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words.
17 Shall (I)one who hates justice rule?
And (J)will you condemn the righteous mighty One,
18 Who says to a king, ‘You worthless one,’
To nobles, ‘You wicked one’;
19 Who shows no (K)partiality to the prominent,
Nor regards the rich as above the poor,
Since they are all the (L)work of His hands?
20 In a moment they die, and (M)at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And (N)the powerful are taken away without a hand.
Job 34:10-20
English Standard Version
10 “Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:
far be it from God that he should (A)do wickedness,
and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
11 For according to (B)the work of a man he will repay him,
and (C)according to his ways he will make it befall him.
12 Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,
and (D)the Almighty will not pervert justice.
13 Who gave him charge over the earth,
and who (E)laid on him[a] the whole world?
14 If he should (F)set his heart to it
and (G)gather to himself his (H)spirit and his breath,
15 all flesh would perish together,
and man would (I)return to dust.
16 “If you have understanding, hear this;
listen to what I say.
17 (J)Shall one who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
18 who (K)says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’
and to nobles, ‘Wicked man,’
19 who (L)shows no partiality to princes,
nor regards the rich (M)more than the poor,
for (N)they are all the work of his hands?
20 In a moment (O)they die;
at (P)midnight the people are shaken and pass away,
and the mighty are taken away by (Q)no human hand.
Footnotes
- Job 34:13 Hebrew lacks on him
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