For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,
God has taken away my right.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 34:5 in context
Job 34:2–8
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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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