Job 34:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
  • Job 16:13 : 13 His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.
  • Job 27:4-6 : 4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false. 5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness. 6 I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

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  • 5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

  • 18 Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.

  • 10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

  • 19 Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.

  • Job 27:4-6
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    4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

    5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

    6 I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

  • Job 6:1-2
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    1 And Job made answer and said,

    2 If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

  • 9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

  • 35 And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.

  • 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 6:28-30
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    28 Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.

    29 Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.

    30 Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

  • Job 7:20-21
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    20 If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?

    21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

  • 17 For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.

  • 12 For the Lord has said, Your disease may not be made well and your wound is bitter.

  • Ps 38:5-7
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    5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.

    6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.

    7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.

  • 7 Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

  • 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • 20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

  • Job 10:14-15
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    72%

    14 That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:

    15 That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

  • Job 13:14-15
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    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

    15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

  • 6 That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

  • 2 Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.

  • 2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

  • 5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • 2 By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

  • Job 34:31-32
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    32 ...

  • 19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • 17 Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

  • 4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • 2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

  • 6 (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

  • Job 9:28-29
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    28 I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

    29 You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

  • 4 For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

  • 4 My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.

  • 11 So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

  • Ps 7:3-4
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    3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

    4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

  • 7 And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

  • 4 I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.