{"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/asv/job/34","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T05:10:42.484Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":34,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":33,"nextChapter":35,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":37},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Moreover Elihu answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore hearken unto me, ye 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 will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If he set his heart upon himself, If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"If now thou hast understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous and mighty?-"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Him that saith to a king, Thou art vile, Or to nobles, Ye are wicked;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And setteth others in their stead."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man:"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For hath any said unto God, I have borne chastisement , I will not offend any more :"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 34 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 34](https://primebible.com/asv/job/34)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/34 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}