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Job 34:5

What does Job 34:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 34:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For Job hath said: I am just, and God hath overthrown my judgment.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For Job hath said, I am righteous, andGod hath taken away my judgment:

Context

v.4Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.

v.5This passage

v.6Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; My wound is incurable, though I amwithout transgression.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 29:14

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

  • Job 27:2

    As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul

  • Job 9:17

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

  • Job 11:4

    For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

  • Job 10:7

    Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

  • Job 32:1

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

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