Job 34:8

What does Job 34:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 34:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Who goeth in company with them that work iniquity, and walketh with wicked men?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

Context

v.7What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,

v.8This passage

v.9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Corinthians 15:33

    Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

  • Psalms 1:1

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

  • Job 2:10

    But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

  • Proverbs 2:12

    To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

  • Proverbs 1:15

    My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

  • Psalms 73:12

    Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

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