For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken [a]away my judgment.

Should I lie in my [b]right? my wound of the arrow is [c]grievous without my sin.

What man is like Job, that drinketh [d]scornfulness like water?

Which goeth in the [e]company of them that work iniquity, and walketh with wicked men?

For he hath said, It [f]profiteth a man nothing that he should [g]walk with God.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:5 That is, hath afflicted me without measure.
  2. Job 34:6 Should I say, I am wicked, being an innocent?
  3. Job 34:6 I am sorer punished, than my sin deserveth.
  4. Job 34:7 Which is compelled to receive thy reproach and scorns of many for his foolish words.
  5. Job 34:8 Meaning, that Job was like to the wicked, because he seemed not to glorify God and submit himself to his judgments.
  6. Job 34:9 He wresteth Job’s words who said that God’s children are ofttimes punished in this world, and the wicked go free.
  7. Job 34:9 That is, live godly, as Gen. 5:22.

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