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Job 34:31 Cross-References
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“Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:”
Job 34:31 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 34:31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement (כִּי־אֶל־אֵל הֶאָמַר נָשָׂאתִי לֹא אֶחְבֹּל, ki-el-El he'amar nasati lo echbol)—The verb nasa (נָשָׂא, "to bear, carry") refers to accepting punishment. The verb chaval (חָבַל, "to act corruptly, offend") means to do wrong. Elihu models proper response to divine discipline: acknowledge it and commit to reform. The phrase I will not offend any more expresses repentance—ceasing sin. This aligns with Proverbs 3:11-12: "despise not the chastening of the LORD... for whom the LORD loveth he correcteth."Elihu presents the theologically...
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Cross-References for Job 34:31
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“because I have sinned against him”
“and says”
“righteousness belongs to you”
“and repent in dust and ashes.,Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes., עַל־כֵּן אֶמְאַס וְנִחַמְתִּי עַל־עָפָר וָאֵפֶר׃ פ ,Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, Seeing I am dust and ashes.,διὸ ἐφαύλισα ἐμαυτὸν καὶ ἐτάκην ἥγημαι δὲ ἐμαυτὸν γῆν καὶ σποδόν,Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.,,,,”
“and for our great guilt”
“You have chastised me”
“but we have done wickedly;”
“and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled”