Apologetics Bible

Job 34:1

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

vaya'an-'eliyhv'-vayo'mar

KJV: Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

AKJV: Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

ASV: Moreover Elihu answered and said,

YLT: And Elihu answereth and saith:

Exposition: Job 34:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Furthermore Elihu answered and said,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:2

Hebrew

שִׁמְעוּ חֲכָמִים מִלָּי וְיֹדְעִים הַאֲזִינוּ לִֽי׃

shime'v-chakhamiym-milay-veyode'iym-ha'aziynv-liy

KJV: Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

AKJV: Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear to me, you that have knowledge.

ASV: Hear my words, ye wise men;

YLT: Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

Exposition: Job 34:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:3

Hebrew

כִּי־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹֽל׃

khiy-'ozen-miliyn-tivechan-vechekhe-yite'am-le'ekhol

KJV: For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

AKJV: For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat.

ASV: For the ear trieth words,

YLT: For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

Exposition: Job 34:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:4

Hebrew

מִשְׁפָּט נִבְחֲרָה־לָּנוּ נֵדְעָה בֵינֵינוּ מַה־טּֽוֹב׃

mishefat-nivecharah-lanv-nede'ah-veyneynv-mah-tvov

KJV: Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

AKJV: Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

ASV: Let us choose for us that which is right:

YLT: Judgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Exposition: Job 34:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:5

Hebrew

כִּֽי־אָמַר אִיּוֹב צָדַקְתִּי וְאֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃

khiy-'amar-'iyvov-tzadaqetiy-ve'el-hesiyr-mishefatiy

KJV: For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

AKJV: For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my judgment.

ASV: For Job hath said, I am righteous,

YLT: For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

Exposition: Job 34:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:6

Hebrew

עַל־מִשְׁפָּטִי אֲכַזֵּב אָנוּשׁ חִצִּי בְלִי־פָֽשַׁע׃

'al-mishefatiy-'akhazev-'anvsh-chitziy-veliy-fasha'

KJV: Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

AKJV: Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

ASV: Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar;

YLT: Against my right do I lie? Mortal is mine arrow--without transgression.'

Exposition: Job 34:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:7

Hebrew

מִי־גֶבֶר כְּאִיּוֹב יִֽשְׁתֶּה־לַּעַג כַּמָּֽיִם׃

miy-gever-khe'iyvov-yisheteh-la'ag-khamayim

KJV: What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

AKJV: What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water?

ASV: What man is like Job,

YLT: Who is a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

Exposition: Job 34:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:8

Hebrew

וְאָרַח לְחֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן וְלָלֶכֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃

ve'arach-lecheverah-'im-fo'aley-'aven-velalekhet-'im-'aneshey-resha'

KJV: Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

AKJV: Which goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men.

ASV: Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,

YLT: And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

Exposition: Job 34:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:9

Hebrew

כִּֽי־אָמַר לֹא יִסְכָּן־גָּבֶר בִּרְצֹתוֹ עִם־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

khiy-'amar-lo'-yisekhan-gaver-viretzotvo-'im-'elohiym

KJV: For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

AKJV: For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

ASV: For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing

YLT: For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

Exposition: Job 34:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:10

Hebrew

לָכֵן ׀ אַנֲשֵׁי לֵבָב שִׁמְעוּ לִי חָלִלָה לָאֵל מֵרֶשַׁע וְשַׁדַּי מֵעָֽוֶל׃

lakhen- -'anashey-levav-shime'v-liy-chalilah-la'el-meresha'-veshaday-me'avel

KJV: Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

AKJV: Therefore listen to me you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

ASV: Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding:

YLT: Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Mighty to do perverseness:

Exposition: Job 34:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:11

Hebrew

כִּי פֹעַל אָדָם יְשַׁלֶּם־לוֹ וּֽכְאֹרַח אִישׁ יַמְצִאֶֽנּוּ׃

khiy-fo'al-'adam-yeshalem-lvo-vkhe'orach-'iysh-yametzi'env

KJV: For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

AKJV: For the work of a man shall he render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

ASV: For the work of a man will he render unto him,

YLT: For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

Exposition: Job 34:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:12

Hebrew

אַף־אָמְנָם אֵל לֹֽא־יַרְשִׁיעַ וְשַׁדַּי לֹֽא־יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

'af-'amenam-'el-lo'-yareshiy'a-veshaday-lo'-ye'avet-mishefat

KJV: Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

AKJV: Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

ASV: Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly,

YLT: Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

Exposition: Job 34:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:13

Hebrew

מִֽי־פָקַד עָלָיו אָרְצָה וּמִי שָׂם תֵּבֵל כֻּלָּֽהּ׃

miy-faqad-'alayv-'aretzah-vmiy-sham-tevel-khulah

KJV: Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

AKJV: Who has given him a charge over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world?

ASV: Who gave him a charge over the earth?

YLT: Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?

Exposition: Job 34:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:14

Hebrew

אִם־יָשִׂים אֵלָיו לִבּוֹ רוּחוֹ וְנִשְׁמָתוֹ אֵלָיו יֶאֱסֹֽף׃

'im-yashiym-'elayv-livvo-rvchvo-venishematvo-'elayv-ye'esof

KJV: If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

AKJV: If he set his heart on man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath;

ASV: If he set his heart upon himself,

YLT: If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

Exposition: Job 34:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:15

Hebrew

יִגְוַע כָּל־בָּשָׂר יָחַד וְאָדָם עַל־עָפָר יָשֽׁוּב׃

yigeva'-khal-vashar-yachad-ve'adam-'al-'afar-yashvv

KJV: All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

AKJV: All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust.

ASV: All flesh shall perish together,

YLT: Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

Exposition: Job 34:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:16

Hebrew

וְאִם־בִּינָה שִׁמְעָה־זֹּאת הַאֲזִינָה לְקוֹל מִלָּֽי׃

ve'im-viynah-shime'ah-zo't-ha'aziynah-leqvol-milay

KJV: If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

AKJV: If now you have understanding, hear this: listen to the voice of my words.

ASV: If nowthou hastunderstanding, hear this:

YLT: And if there is understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

Exposition: Job 34:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:17

Hebrew

הַאַף שׂוֹנֵא מִשְׁפָּט יַחֲבוֹשׁ וְאִם־צַדִּיק כַּבִּיר תַּרְשִֽׁיעַ׃

ha'af-shvone'-mishefat-yachavvosh-ve'im-tzadiyq-khaviyr-tareshiy'a

KJV: Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

AKJV: Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just?

ASV: Shall even one that hateth justice govern?

YLT: Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?

Exposition: Job 34:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:18

Hebrew

הַאֲמֹר לְמֶלֶךְ בְּלִיָּעַל רָשָׁע אֶל־נְדִיבִֽים׃

ha'amor-lemelekhe-veliya'al-rasha'-'el-nediyviym

KJV: Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

AKJV: Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly?

ASV: Himthat saith to a king, Thou art vile,

YLT: Who hath said to a king--Worthless,' Unto princes--Wicked?'

Exposition: Job 34:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:19

Hebrew

אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־נָשָׂא ׀ פְּנֵי שָׂרִים וְלֹא נִכַּר־שׁוֹעַ לִפְנֵי־דָל כִּֽי־מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו כֻּלָּֽם׃

'asher-lo'-nasha'- -feney-shariym-velo'-nikhar-shvo'a-lifeney-dal-khiy-ma'asheh-yadayv-khulam

KJV: How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

AKJV: How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

ASV: That respecteth not the persons of princes,

YLT: That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands are all of them.

Exposition: Job 34:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:20

Hebrew

רֶגַע ׀ יָמֻתוּ וַחֲצוֹת לָיְלָה יְגֹעֲשׁוּ עָם וְיַעֲבֹרוּ וְיָסִירוּ אַבִּיר לֹא בְיָֽד׃

rega'- -yamutv-vachatzvot-layelah-yego'ashv-'am-veya'avorv-veyasiyrv-'aviyr-lo'-veyad

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: In a moment they die, even at midnight;

YLT: In a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

Exposition: Job 34:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:21

Hebrew

כִּי־עֵינָיו עַל־דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ וְֽכָל־צְעָדָיו יִרְאֶֽה׃

khiy-'eynayv-'al-darekhey-'iysh-vekhal-tze'adayv-yire'eh

KJV: For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

AKJV: For his eyes are on the ways of man, and he sees all his goings.

ASV: For his eyes are upon the ways of a man,

YLT: For His eyes are on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

Exposition: Job 34:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:22

Hebrew

אֵֽין־חֹשֶׁךְ וְאֵין צַלְמָוֶת לְהִסָּתֶר שָׁם פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

'eyn-choshekhe-ve'eyn-tzalemavet-lehisater-sham-fo'aley-'aven

KJV: There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

AKJV: There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

ASV: There is no darkness, nor thick gloom,

YLT: There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

Exposition: Job 34:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:23

Hebrew

כִּי לֹא עַל־אִישׁ יָשִׂים עוֹד לַהֲלֹךְ אֶל־אֵל בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

khiy-lo'-'al-'iysh-yashiym-'vod-lahalokhe-'el-'el-vamishefat

KJV: For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

AKJV: For he will not lay on man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

ASV: For he needeth not further to consider a man,

YLT: For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,

Exposition: Job 34:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:24

Hebrew

יָרֹעַ כַּבִּירִים לֹא־חֵקֶר וַיַּעֲמֵד אֲחֵרִים תַּחְתָּֽם׃

yaro'a-khaviyriym-lo'-cheqer-vaya'amed-'acheriym-tachetam

KJV: He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

AKJV: He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

ASV: He breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out,

YLT: He breaketh the mighty--no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

Exposition: Job 34:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:25

Hebrew

לָכֵן יַכִּיר מַעְבָּֽדֵיהֶם וְהָפַךְ לַיְלָה וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃

lakhen-yakhiyr-ma'evadeyhem-vehafakhe-layelah-veyidakha'v

KJV: Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

AKJV: Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

ASV: Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works;

YLT: Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.

Exposition: Job 34:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:26

Hebrew

תַּֽחַת־רְשָׁעִים סְפָקָם בִּמְקוֹם רֹאִֽים׃

tachat-resha'iym-sefaqam-vimeqvom-ro'iym

KJV: He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

AKJV: He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

ASV: He striketh them as wicked men

YLT: As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

Exposition: Job 34:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:27

Hebrew

אֲשֶׁר עַל־כֵּן סָרוּ מֵֽאַחֲרָיו וְכָל־דְּרָכָיו לֹא הִשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃

'asher-'al-khen-sarv-me'acharayv-vekhal-derakhayv-lo'-hishekhiylv

KJV: Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

AKJV: Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

ASV: Because they turned aside from following him,

YLT: Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

Exposition: Job 34:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:28

Hebrew

לְהָבִיא עָלָיו צַֽעֲקַת־דָּל וְצַעֲקַת עֲנִיִּים יִשְׁמָֽע׃

lehaviy'-'alayv-tza'aqat-dal-vetza'aqat-'aniyiym-yishema'

KJV: So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

AKJV: So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.

ASV: So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him,

YLT: To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

Exposition: Job 34:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:29

Hebrew

וְהוּא יַשְׁקִט ׀ וּמִי יַרְשִׁעַ וְיַסְתֵּר פָּנִים וּמִי יְשׁוּרֶנּוּ וְעַל־גּוֹי וְעַל־אָדָם יָֽחַד׃

vehv'-yasheqit- -vmiy-yareshi'a-veyaseter-faniym-vmiy-yeshvrenv-ve'al-gvoy-ve'al-'adam-yachad

KJV: When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

AKJV: When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

ASV: When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn?

YLT: And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, It is the same.

Exposition: Job 34:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:30

Hebrew

מִמְּלֹךְ אָדָם חָנֵף מִמֹּקְשֵׁי עָֽם׃

mimelokhe-'adam-chanef-mimoqeshey-'am

KJV: That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

AKJV: That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

ASV: That the godless man reign not,

YLT: From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

Exposition: Job 34:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:31

Hebrew

כִּֽי־אֶל־אֵל הֶאָמַר נָשָׂאתִי לֹא אֶחְבֹּֽל׃

khiy-'el-'el-he'amar-nasha'tiy-lo'-'echevol

KJV: Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

AKJV: Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

ASV: For hath any said unto God,

YLT: For unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

Exposition: Job 34:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:32

Hebrew

בִּלְעֲדֵי אֶחֱזֶה אַתָּה הֹרֵנִי אִֽם־עָוֶל פָּעַלְתִּי לֹא אֹסִֽיף׃

vile'adey-'echezeh-'atah-horeniy-'im-'avel-fa'aletiy-lo'-'osiyf

KJV: That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

AKJV: That which I see not teach you me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

ASV: That which I see not teach thou me:

YLT: Besides that which I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done--I do not add?'

Exposition: Job 34:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:33

Hebrew

הַֽמֵעִמְּךָ יְשַׁלְמֶנָּה כִּֽי־מָאַסְתָּ כִּי־אַתָּה תִבְחַר וְלֹא־אָנִי וּֽמַה־יָדַעְתָּ דַבֵּֽר׃

hame'imekha-yeshalemenah-khiy-ma'aseta-khiy-'atah-tivechar-velo'-'aniy-vmah-yada'eta-daver

KJV: Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

AKJV: Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore speak what you know.

ASV: Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it?

YLT: By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused--That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Exposition: Job 34:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:34

Hebrew

אַנְשֵׁי לֵבָב יֹאמְרוּ לִי וְגֶבֶר חָכָם שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִֽי׃

'aneshey-levav-yo'merv-liy-vegever-chakham-shome'a-liy

KJV: Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

AKJV: Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.

ASV: Men of understanding will say unto me,

YLT: Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me.

Exposition: Job 34:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:35

Hebrew

אִיּוֹב לֹא־בְדַעַת יְדַבֵּר וּדְבָרָיו לֹא בְהַשְׂכֵּֽיל׃

'iyvov-lo'-veda'at-yedaver-vdevarayv-lo'-vehashekheyl

KJV: Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

AKJV: Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

ASV: Job speaketh without knowledge,

YLT: Job--not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words are not with wisdom.

Exposition: Job 34:35 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:36

Hebrew

אָבִי יִבָּחֵן אִיּוֹב עַד־נֶצַח עַל־תְּשֻׁבֹת בְּאַנְשֵׁי־אָֽוֶן׃

'aviy-yivachen-'iyvov-'ad-netzach-'al-teshuvot-ve'aneshey-'aven

KJV: My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.

AKJV: My desire is that Job may be tried to the end because of his answers for wicked men.

ASV: Would that Job were tried unto the end,

YLT: My Father! let Job be tried--unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

Exposition: Job 34:36 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 34:37

Hebrew

כִּי יֹסִיף עַֽל־חַטָּאתוֹ פֶשַׁע בֵּינֵינוּ יִסְפּוֹק וְיֶרֶב אֲמָרָיו לָאֵֽל׃

khiy-yosiyf-'al-chata'tvo-fesha'-veyneynv-yisefvoq-veyerev-'amarayv-la'el

KJV: For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

AKJV: For he adds rebellion to his sin, he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.

ASV: For he addeth rebellion unto his sin;

YLT: For he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.

Exposition: Job 34:37 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.