Job 34 · Verse 32

Job 34:32

That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Job 34:32, King James Version

Job 34:32 in other translations

BSBTeach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
WEBTeach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
ASVThat which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
YLTBesides that which I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done--I do not add?'
DARBYWhat I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more?
BBE...
WebsterThat which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

What does Job 34:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. (Job 10:2; Psa 32:8; 19:12; 139:23, 24). no more--(Pr 28:13; Ep 4:22).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 That which I see not - "What I do not know, teach thou me; wherein I have done iniquity, I will do so no more."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 34:31-37

When we reprove for what is amiss, we must direct to what is good. Job's friends would have had him own himself a wicked man. Let will only oblige him to own that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. Let us, in giving reproof, not make a matter worse than it is. Elihu directs Job to humble himself before God for his sins, and to accept the punishment. Also to pray to God to discover his sins to him. A good man is…

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Job 34:32 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּלְעֲדֵ֣יbil.'a.Deiapart fromH1107
אֶ֭חֱזֶה'E.che.zeh[that which] I seeH2372
אַתָּ֣ה'a.TahO youH859
הֹרֵ֑נִיho.Re.niinstruct meH3384
אִֽם\־'im-ifH518
עָ֥וֶל'A.velunrighteousnessH5766
פָּ֝עַ֗לְתִּיpa.'Al.tiI have doneH6466
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
אֹסִֽיף\׃'o.SifI will repeatH3254

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 34:32

  • Psalms 32:8

    I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

  • Psalms 25:4-5

    Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

  • Psalms 19:12

    Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

  • Psalms 139:23-24

    Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

  • Psalms 143:8-10

    Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

  • Job 10:2

    I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  • Proverbs 28:13

    He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

  • Job 35:11

    Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

  • Ephesians 4:22

    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

  • Luke 3:8-14

    Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. …

  • Ephesians 4:25-28

    Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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which.
10:2; Ps 19:12; 25:4,5; 32:8; 139:23,24; 143:8-10
if.
Pr 28:13; Lu 3:8-14; Eph 4:22,25-28

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Context

  • 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 34:33

    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.

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Job 34:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Enséñame tú lo que yo no veo: que si hice mal, no lo haré más.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ce que je ne vois pas, montre-le-moi; si j’ai commis l’iniquité, je ne le referai pas?
German
Elberfelder 1871
was ich nicht sehe, zeige du mir; wenn ich Unrecht verübt habe, so will ich es nicht mehr tun? -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si erravi, tu doce me; si iniquitatem locutus sum, ultra non addam.