Job 34:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִשְׁפָּ֥ט נִבְחֲרָה־לָּ֑נוּ נֵדְעָ֖ה בֵינֵ֣ינוּ מַה־טּֽוֹב׃

Transliteration

mišpāṭ nibḥărāh-lānû nēdəʿāh bênênû mah-ṭṭôb

Grammar Details

• *mišpāṭ*: masculine singular noun - judgment/justice
• *nibḥărāh*: Qal imperfect cohortative, 1st plural - let us choose
• *lānû*: preposition + 1st person plural suffix - for ourselves
• *nēdəʿāh*: Qal imperfect cohortative, 1st plural - let us know
• *bênênû*: preposition + 1st person plural suffix - among ourselves
• *mah-ṭṭôb*: interrogative + masculine singular adjective - what is good

Word Meanings

• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/justice/right decision
• *nibḥărāh*: let us choose/select/determine
• *nēdəʿāh*: let us know/discern/understand
• *mah-ṭṭôb*: what is good/right/proper

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
• Judg 19:30 : 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
• Judg 20:7 : 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
• Job 34:36 : 36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
• Isa 11:2-5 : 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
• John 7:24 : 24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
• Rom 12:2 : 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
• 1 Cor 6:2-5 : 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
• Gal 2:11-14 : 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?