{"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/kjv/job/34","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T02:39:16.942Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 ye wise <i>men</i>; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what <i>is</i> good."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Should I lie against my right? my wound <i>is</i> incurable without transgression."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"What man <i>is</i> like Job, <i>who</i> drinketh up scorning like water?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Which 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, <i>that he should do</i> wickedness; and <i>from</i> the Almighty, <i>that he should commit</i> iniquity."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to <i>his</i> ways."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If he set his heart upon man, <i>if</i> 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 <i>thou hast</i> understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"<i>Is it fit</i> to say to a king, <i>Thou art</i> wicked? <i>and</i> to princes, <i>Ye are</i> ungodly?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"<i>How much less to him</i> that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all <i>are</i> 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 <i>are</i> upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"<i>There is</i> no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For he will not lay upon man more <i>than right</i>; 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 knoweth their works, and he overturneth <i>them</i> 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 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 unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth <i>his</i> face, who then can behold him? whether <i>it be done</i> 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 unto God, I have borne <i>chastisement</i>, I will not offend <i>any more</i>:"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"<i>That which</i> I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"<i>Should it be</i> according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words <i>were</i> without wisdom."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"My desire <i>is that</i> Job may be tried unto the end because of <i>his</i> answers for wicked men."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth <i>his hands</i> among us, and multiplieth his words against God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 34 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 34](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/34)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/34 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}