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31 “For has anyone said to God,
    ‘I have endured punishment; I will not offend any more;
32 teach me what I do not see;
    if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?(A)
33 Will he then pay back to suit you
    because you reject it?
For you must choose and not I;
    therefore declare what you know.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 34.33 Meaning of Heb of 34.29–33 uncertain

31 “Indeed, does anyone say to God, ‘I have endured chastisement;
I will not act corruptly again;
32 teach me yourself what I cannot see;[a]
if I have done wrong, I will not repeat it’?
33 According to your judgment,[b] must he repay it because you rejected this?
Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so[c] declare what you know.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:32 Literally “apart from what I can see”
  2. Job 34:33 Literally “from with you”
  3. Job 34:33 Hebrew “And”