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Job 34

Job 34:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore hearken
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me, ye men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
of ηunderstanding
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
: far be it
chaliylah (Hebrew #2486)
a directive from 2490; literal for a profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
KJV usage: be far, (X God) forbid.
Pronounce: khaw-lee'-law
Origin: or chalilah {khaw-lee'-law}
from God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
, that he should do wickedness
resha` (Hebrew #7562)
a wrong (especially moral)
KJV usage: iniquity, wicked(-ness).
Pronounce: reh'-shah
Origin: from 7561
; and from the Almighty
Shadday (Hebrew #7706)
the Almighty
KJV usage: Almighty.
Pronounce: shad-dah'-ee
Origin: from 7703
, that he should commit iniquity
`evel (Hebrew #5766)
and (feminine) lavlah {av-law'}; or owlah {o-law'}; or .olah {o-law'}; from 5765; (moral) evil
KJV usage: iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).
Pronounce: eh'-vel
Origin: or lavel {aw'-vel}
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η
heart.

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Almighty,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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understanding.
Heb. heart.
Job 34:2‑3,34• 2Hear, ye wise men, my words,{HR}And ye men of knowledge give ear to me.
 3For the ear trieth words, and the palate tasteth food.
 34Let men of heart tell me,{HR}And let a wise man hear me: (Job 34:2‑3,34)
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Prov. 6:32• 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding;{HR}He [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (Prov. 6:32)
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Prov. 15:32• 32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul;{HR}But he that heareth reproof getteth heart. (Prov. 15:32)
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Prov. 15•  (Prov. 15)
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far.
Job 8:3• 3Doth God pervert right,{HR}And the Almighty pervert justice? (Job 8:3)
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Job 36:23• 23Who hath assigned to him his way?{HR}And who hath said, Thou doest wrong? (Job 36:23)
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Job 37:23• 23The Almighty! we do not find him out;{HR}Great in power and judgment,{HR}And great in righteousness, he will not give answer. (Job 37:23)
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Gen. 18:25• 25{i}Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked—far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?{/i} (Gen. 18:25)
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Deut. 32:4• 4{i}He is the Rock{/i}, his doing is perfect:{HR}For all his ways are judgment:{HR}A God of truth without iniquity,{HR}Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)
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2 Chron. 19:7• 7{i}And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents.{/i} (2 Chron. 19:7)
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Psa. 92:15• 15To show that Jehovah is upright:{HR}[He is] my rock, and no unrighteousness [is] in him. (Psa. 92:15)
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Jer. 12:1• 1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? (Jer. 12:1)
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Rom. 3:4‑5• 4Let it not be, but let God be true and every man false, even as it is written, “That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and overcome when thou art judged.”
 5But if our unrighteousness commend God's righteousness, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who inflicteth wrath? I speak according to man. (Rom. 3:4‑5)
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Rom. 9:14• 14What then shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? Let it not be. (Rom. 9:14)
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James 1:13• 13Let none when tempted say, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted by evils, and himself tempteth none. (James 1:13)
• The charge refuted (vers. 10-30). (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)
• He goes into the case with fullness, and we may note the various parts of his refutation. God is righteous: (a) Because He is God (vers. 10-12). (b) Because of His beneficent care (vers. 13-15). (c) Because of His greatness (vers. 16-20). (d) Because of His omniscience (vers. 21-25). (e) Because of His judgment (vers. 26-30). (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)
• This does not mean that Job’s friends are in the right as to their charges, but that God is dealing in absolute justice with Job, causing him to learn his needed lessons. (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)
• He does not judge according to the sight of his eyes, but drawing all his thoughts from God whom he knows, makes clear to every upright mind the correctness of his conclusions. (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understandingd: Far be wickedness from *God, and wrong from the Almighty!

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "heart"; so ver. 34; ch. 12.3.

W. Kelly Translation

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Therefore, hear me, ye men of heart;{HR}Far be it from God [El] to do wickedness,{HR}And [from] Shaddai to doa perverseness.

WK Translation Notes

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a
The Almighty