🌪️WEB · Job 34:5

What does Job 34:5 mean?

"For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right:"

— Job 34:5 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

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For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.

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

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For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right:

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Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’

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What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

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Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

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