{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/34","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:33:07.894Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":34,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":33,"nextChapter":35,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":37},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Furthermore Elihu answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear to me, you that have knowledge."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my judgment."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Which goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore listen to me you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For the work of a man shall he render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Who has given him a charge over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If he set his heart on man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"If now you have understanding, hear this: listen to the voice of my words."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For his eyes are on the ways of man, and he sees all his goings."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For he will not lay on man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"That which I see not teach you me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore speak what you know."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"My desire is that Job may be tried to the end because of his answers for wicked men."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"For he adds rebellion to his sin, he clapps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 34 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 34](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/34)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/34 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}