Job 34:31-33
New English Translation
Job Is Foolish to Rebel
31 “Has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured chastisement,[a]
but I will not act wrongly any more;
32 teach me what I cannot see;[b]
if I have done evil, I will do so no more’?
33 Is it your opinion[c] that God[d] should recompense it,
because you reject this?[e]
But you must choose, and not I,
so tell us what you know.
Footnotes
- Job 34:31 tn The Hebrew text has only “I lift up” or “I bear” (= I endure). The reading “I have been led astray” is obtained by changing the vowels to read a passive. If the MT is retained, an object has to be supplied, such as “chastisement” (so RSV, NASB) or “punishment” (NRSV). If not, then a different reading would be followed (e.g., “I was misguided” [NAB]; “I am guilty” [NIV]).
- Job 34:32 tn Heb “what I do not see,” more specifically, “apart from [that which] I see.”
- Job 34:33 tn Heb “is it from with you,” an idiomatic expression meaning “to suit you” or “according to your judgment.”
- Job 34:33 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 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.
Job 34:31-33
Legacy Standard Bible
31 “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastisement;
I will not work destructively anymore;
32 Instruct me what I do not behold;
If I have (A)done injustice,
I will not do it again’?
33 Shall He (B)repay on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore say what you know.
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