Job 34:8
6 Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
7 What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?
He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
10 Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
- KJV
- Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
- WEB
- who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
- ASV
- Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?
- DARBY
- And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
- BLB
- and he travels in company with workers of iniquity, and in walking with men of wickedness?
- ÅB
- og gir seg i lag med dem som gjør ondt, og søker omgang med ugudelige menn?
- OTB
- som omgås ugjerningsmenn
og vandrer med de onde? - B1930
- og gir sig i lag med dem som gjør ondt, og søker omgang med ugudelige menn?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Read in contextProverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read in contextPsalms 26:4
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
Read in contextPsalms 50:18
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
Read in contextProverbs 2:12
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
Read in contextPsalms 73:12–15
Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
Read in contextProverbs 1:15
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
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