Job 34 · Verse 5

Job 34:5

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Job 34:5, King James Version

Job 34:5 in other translations

BSBFor Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
WEBFor Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right.
ASVFor Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
YLTFor Job hath said, ‘I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,
DARBYFor Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:
BBEFor Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
WebsterFor Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

What does Job 34:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. judgment--my right. Job's own words (Job 13:18; 27:2).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Job hath said, I am righteous - Job had certainly said the words attributed to him by Elihu, particularly in Job 27:2, etc., but it was in vindication of his aspersed character that he had asserted his own righteousness, and in a different sense to that in which Elihu appears to take it up. He asserted that he was righteous quoad the charges his friends had brought against him. And he never intimated that he had at all times a pure heart, and had never transgressed the laws of his Maker. It is true also that he said, God hath taken away my judgment; but he most obviously does not mean to charge God with injustice, but to show that he had dealt with him in a way wholly mysterious, and not according to the ordinary dispensations of his providence; and that he did not interpose in his behalf, while his friends were overwhelming him with obloquy and reproach.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 34:1-9

Elihu calls upon those present to decide with him upon Job's words. The plainest Christian, whose mind is enlightened, whose heart is sanctified by the Spirit of God, and who is versed in the Scriptures, can say how far matters, words, or actions, agree with true religion, better than any that lean to their own understandings. Job had spoken as if he meant wholly to justify himself. He that say, I have cleansed my…

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Job 34:5 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.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
אָ֭מַר'A.marhe has saidH559
אִיּ֣וֹב'i.YovJobH347
צָדַ֑קְתִּיtza.Dak.tiI am righteousH6663
וְ֝אֵ֗לve.'Eland GodH410
הֵסִ֥ירhe.Sirhe has taken awayH5493
מִשְׁפָּטִֽי\׃mish.pa.Tiright myH4941

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

Cross references for Job 34:5

  • Job 27:2

    As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

  • Job 33:9

    I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

  • Job 32:1

    So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

  • Job 16:17

    Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

  • Job 9:17

    For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

  • Job 11:4

    For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

  • Job 29:14

    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

  • Job 10:7

    Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I.
10:7; 11:4; 16:17; 29:14; 32:1; 33:9
God.
9:17; 27:2

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

Context

  • Job 34:4

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

  • Job 34:5

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

  • Job 34:6

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

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Job 34:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque Job ha dicho: Yo soy justo, y Dios me ha quitado mi derecho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car Job a dit: Je suis juste, et ✶Dieu a écarté mon droit;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn Hiob hat gesagt: Ich bin gerecht, und Gott hat mir mein Recht entzogen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quia dixit Job: Justus sum, et Deus subvertit judicium meum.