Job 34:31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
Job 34:31 in other translations
| BSB | Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more. |
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| WEB | “For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more. |
| ASV | For hath any said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: |
| YLT | For unto God hath any said: ‘I have taken away, I do not corruptly, |
| DARBY | For hath he said unto God, I bear chastisement, I will not offend; |
| BBE | ... |
| Webster | Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: |
What does Job 34:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 34:31-37
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Job 34:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 34:31
- Job 33:27
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
- Micah 7:9
I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
- Ezra 9:13-14
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
- Nehemiah 9:33-38
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: …
- Leviticus 26:41
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
- Daniel 9:7-14
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. …
- Job 40:3-5
Then Job answered the Lord, and said, Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
- Job 42:6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Jeremiah 31:18-19
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
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Context
- Job 34:30
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
- Job 34:31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
- Job 34:32
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Job 34:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De seguro conviene se diga á Dios: Llevado he ya castigo, no más ofenderé: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car a-t-il jamais dit à ✶Dieu: Je porte ma peine, je ne ferai plus de mal; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn hat er wohl zu Gott gesagt: Ich trage meine Strafe, ich will nicht mehr verderbt handeln; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quia ergo ego locutus sum ad Deum, te quoque non prohibebo. |