Job 34 · Verse 36

Job 34:36

My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
Job 34:36, King James Version

Job 34:36 in other translations

BSBIf only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
WEBI wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
ASVWould that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.
YLTMy Father! let Job be tried--unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,
DARBYWould that Job may be tried unto the end, because of his answers after the manner of evil men!
BBEMay Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
WebsterMy desire is that Job may be tried to the end, because of his answers for wicked men.

What does Job 34:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
36. Margin, not so well, "My father," Elihu addressing God. This title does not elsewhere occur in Job. tried--by calamities. answers for wicked men--(See on Job 34:8). Trials of the godly are not removed until they produce the effect designed.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end - אבי יבחן איוב abi yibbachen Aiyob, "My father, let Job be tried." So the Vulgate, Pater mi, probetur Job. But it may be as in the common translation, I wish Job to be tried; or, as Mr. Good renders it, Verily, let Job be pursued to conquest for replying like wicked men. This is a very harsh wish: but the whole chapter is in the same spirit; nearly destitute of mildness and compassion. Who could suppose that such arguings could come out of the mouth of the loving Savior of mankind? The reader will recollect that a very pious divine has supposed Elihu to be Jesus Christ!

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 34:36 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.

אָבִ֗י'a.Viwould that!H15
יִבָּחֵ֣ןyi.ba.Chenhe will be testedH974
אִיּ֣וֹב'i.YovJobH347
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
נֶ֑צַחNe.tzachperpetuityH5331
עַל\־'al-onH5921
תְּ֝שֻׁבֹ֗תte.shu.VotanswersH8666
בְּאַנְשֵׁי\־be.'an.shei-among people ofH582
אָֽוֶן\׃'A.venwickednessH205

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Cross references for Job 34:36

  • James 5:11

    Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

  • Job 21:7

    Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

  • Job 24:1

    Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

  • Psalms 17:3

    Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • Job 34:8-9

    Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

  • Job 22:15

    Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

  • Job 23:16

    For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

  • Job 12:6

    The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

  • Psalms 26:2

    Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My desire is that Job may be tried. or, My father, let Jobbe tried.
23:16; Ps 17:3; 26:2; Jas 5:11
his answers.
8,9; 12:6; 21:7; 24:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 34:35

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

  • Job 34:36

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

  • Job 34:37

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

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Job 34:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Deseo yo que Job sea probado ampliamente, á causa de sus respuestas por los hombres inicuos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je voudrais que Job soit éprouvé jusqu’au bout, parce qu’il a répondu à la manière des hommes iniques;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ach, daß doch Hiob fort und fort geprüft würde wegen seiner Antworten nach Frevlerart!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Pater mi, probetur Job usque ad finem: ne desinas ab homine iniquitatis: