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For Job has said, ‘(A)I am righteous,
But (B)God has removed my justice;
[a]Should I lie concerning my justice?
My [b](C)wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
What man is like Job,
Who (D)drinks up mocking like water,
But he travels (E)in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?
For he has said, ‘(F)It is of no use to a man
When he [c]is pleased with God.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:6 Or Although I am right I am accounted a liar
  2. Job 34:6 Lit arrow
  3. Job 34:9 Or takes delight in God

For Job has said, ‘I am innocent,
    and God has taken away my right;
in spite of being right I am counted a liar;
    my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’(A)
Who is there like Job,
    who drinks up scoffing like water,(B)
who goes in company with evildoers
    and walks with the wicked?(C)
For he has said, ‘It profits one nothing
    to take delight in God.’(D)

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