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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Job 34

Chapter 34

Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

Proverbs 1:5 1 Corinthians 10:15 14:20

For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

the ear

6:30 12:11 1 Corinthians 2:15 Hebrews 5:14

mouth

Heb. palate.

31:30 33:2 *marg:

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

choose

36 Judges 19:30 20:7 1 Corinthians 6:2-5 Galatians 2:11-14 1 Thessalonians 5:21

know

Isaiah 11:2-5 John 7:24 Romans 12:2

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

I

10:7 11:4 16:17 29:14 32:1 33:9

God

9:17 27:2

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

I

27:4-6

wound

Heb. arrow.

6:4 16:13

What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

15:16 Deuteronomy 29:19 Proverbs 1:22 4:17

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

2:10 11:3 15:5 Psalms 1:1 26:4 50:18 73:12-15 Proverbs 1:15 2:12 4:14 Proverbs 13:20 1 Corinthians 15:33

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

It

9:22,23,30,31 21:14-16,30 22:17 35:3 Malachi 3:14

delight

27:10 Psalms 37:4

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

understanding

Heb. heart.

2,3,34 Proverbs 6:32 15:32 *marg:

far

8:3 36:23 37:23 Genesis 18:25 Deuteronomy 32:4 2 Chronicles 19:7 Psalms 92:15 Jeremiah 12:1 Romans 3:4,5 9:14 James 1:13

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

the work

33:26 Psalms 62:12 Proverbs 24:12 Jeremiah 32:19 Ezekiel 33:17-20 Matthew 16:27 Romans 2:6 2 Corinthians 5:10 1 Peter 1:17 Revelation 22:12

cause

Proverbs 1:31 Galatians 6:7,8

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

surely

Psalms 11:7 145:17 Habakkuk 1:12,13

pervert

8:3

Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

Who hath given

36:23 38:4-41 40:8-11 1 Chronicles 29:11 Proverbs 8:23-30 Isaiah 40:13,14 Daniel 4:35 Romans 11:34-36

the whole world

Heb. the world, all of it.

If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

set

7:17 9:4

upon man

Heb. upon him. he gather.

Psalms 104:29 Isaiah 24:22

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

30:23 Genesis 3:19 Psalms 90:3-10 Ecclesiastes 12:7 Isaiah 27:4 57:16

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

12:3 13:2-6

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

even

Genesis 18:25 2 Samuel 23:3 Romans 3:5-7

govern

Heb. bind. wilt.

1:22 40:8 2 Samuel 19:21 Romans 9:14

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

Exodus 22:28 Proverbs 17:26 Acts 23:3,5 Romans 13:7 1 Peter 2:17 2 Peter 2:10 Jude 1:8

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

accepteth

13:8 Deuteronomy 10:17 2 Chronicles 19:7 Acts 10:34 Romans 2:11 Galatians 2:6 Ephesians 6:9 Colossians 3:25 1 Peter 1:17 Hebrews 12:28

princes

12:19,21 Psalms 2:2-4 Ecclesiastes 5:8 Isaiah 3:14

regardeth

36:19 Psalms 49:6,7 James 2:5

they

31:15 Proverbs 14:31 22:2

In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

a moment

Psalms 73:19 Isaiah 30:13 37:38 Daniel 5:30 Luke 12:20 Acts 12:23 1 Thessalonians 5:2 2 Peter 2:3

troubled

Exodus 12:29,30 Isaiah 37:36 Matthew 25:6 Luke 17:26-29

the mighty shall be taken away

Heb. they shall take away the mighty. without.

1 Samuel 25:37-39 26:10 Isaiah 10:16-19 30:30-33 Daniel 2:34,44,45 Zechariah 4:6

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

31:4 Genesis 16:13 2 Chronicles 16:9 Psalms 34:15 139:23 Proverbs 5:21 15:3 Jeremiah 16:17 Jeremiah 17:10 32:19 Amos 9:8

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

no

Psalms 139:11,12 Isaiah 29:15 Jeremiah 23:24 Amos 9:2,3 1 Corinthians 4:5 Hebrews 4:13 Revelation 6:15,16

nor

3:5 24:17 Isaiah 9:2

the

31:3 Psalms 5:5 Proverbs 10:29 Matthew 7:23 Luke 13:27

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

he will

10-12 11:6 Ezra 9:13 Psalms 119:137 Isaiah 42:3 Daniel 9:7-9

that he

9:32,33 16:21 23:7 Jeremiah 2:5 Romans 9:20

enter

Heb. go.

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

break

19:2 Psalms 2:9 72:4 94:5 Jeremiah 51:20-23 Daniel 2:21,34,35,44,45

number

Heb. searching out. set.

1 Samuel 2:30-36 15:28 1 Kings 14:7,8,14 Psalms 113:7,8 Daniel 5:28-31

Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

he knoweth

Psalms 33:15 Isaiah 66:18 Hosea 7:2 Amos 8:7 Revelation 20:12

in the

20 Song of Solomon 3:8 Isaiah 15:1 1 Thessalonians 5:2

destroyed

Heb. crushed.

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

in

Exodus 14:30 Deuteronomy 13:9-11 21:21 2 Samuel 12:11,12 Psalms 58:10,11 Isaiah 66:24 1 Timothy 5:20,24 Revelation 18:9,10,20

open sight of others

Heb. place of beholders.

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

turned

1 Samuel 15:11 Psalms 125:5 Zephaniah 1:6 Luke 17:31,32 Acts 15:38 2 Timothy 4:10 Hebrews 10:39

from him

Heb. from after him. would.

Psalms 28:5 107:43 Proverbs 1:29,30 Isaiah 1:3 5:12 Haggai 2:15-19

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

they

22:9,10 24:12 29:12,13 31:19,20 35:9 Exodus 2:23,24 3:7,9 Psalms 12:5 Isaiah 5:7 James 5:4

and he

Exodus 22:23-27

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

When he giveth

29:1-3 2 Samuel 7:1 Isaiah 14:3-8 26:3 32:17 John 14:27 Romans 8:31-34 Philippians 4:7

when he hideth

23:8,9 Psalms 13:1 27:9 30:7 143:7

who then can behold

12:14 23:13

whether

2 Kings 18:9-12 2 Chronicles 36:14-17 Jeremiah 27:8

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

21 1 Kings 12:28-30 2 Kings 21:9 Psalms 12:8 Ecclesiastes 9:18 Hosea 5:11 13:11 Micah 6:16 2 Thessalonians 2:4-11 Revelation 13:3,4,11-14

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

33:27 40:3-5 42:6 Leviticus 26:41 Ezra 9:13,14 Nehemiah 9:33-38 Jeremiah 31:18,19 Daniel 9:7-14 Micah 7:9

That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

which

10:2 Psalms 19:12 25:4,5 32:8 139:23,24 143:8-10

if

Proverbs 28:13 Luke 3:8-14 Ephesians 4:22,25-28

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

Should

9:12 18:4 Isaiah 45:9 Romans 9:20 11:35

according to thy mind

Heb. from with thee. he will.

11 15:31 Psalms 89:30-32 Proverbs 11:31 2 Thessalonians 1:6,7 Hebrews 2:2 11:26

whether thou refuse

Psalms 135:6 Matthew 20:12-15

what

33:5,32

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

understanding

Heb. heart.

2,4,10,16 1 Corinthians 10:15

Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

13:2 15:2 35:16 38:2 42:3

My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.

My desire is that Job may be tried

or, My father, let Job be tried.

23:16 Psalms 17:3 26:2 James 5:11

his answers

8,9 12:6 21:7 24:1

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

rebellion

1 Samuel 15:23 Isaiah 1:19,20

he clappeth

27:23

multiplieth

8:2,3 11:2,3 35:2,3,16 42:7