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Job 34:33-35
New English Translation
Job 34:33-35
New English Translation
33 Is it your opinion[a] that God[b] should recompense it,
because you reject this?[c]
But you must choose, and not I,
so tell us what you know.
34 Men of understanding say to me—
any wise man listening to me says—
35 that[d] Job speaks without knowledge
and his words are without understanding.[e]
Footnotes
- Job 34:33 tn Heb “is it from with you,” an idiomatic expression meaning “to suit you” or “according to your judgment.”
- Job 34:33 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Job 34:33 tn There is no object on the verb, and the meaning is perhaps lost. The best guess is that Elihu is saying Job has rejected his teaching.
- Job 34:35 tn Adding “that” in the translation clarifies Elihu’s indirect citation of the wise individuals’ words.
- Job 34:35 tn The Hiphil infinitive construct is here functioning as a substantive. The word means “prudence; understanding.”
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