Job 34:10
Good News Translation
Listen to me, you men who understand! Will Almighty God do what is wrong?

New Revised Standard Version
“Therefore, hear me, you who have sense, far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

Contemporary English Version
If any of you are smart, you will listen and learn that God All-Powerful does what is right.

New American Bible
Therefore, you that have understanding, hear me: far be it from God to do wickedness; far from the Almighty to do wrong!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, ye men of understanding, hear me: far from God be wickedness, and iniquity from the Almighty.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore, ye men of understanding, hear me: far from God be wickedness, and iniquity from the Almighty.

understanding.

Job 34:2,3,34 Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye learned, hearken to me: . . .

Proverbs 6:32 He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:

Proverbs 15:32 He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his own soul: but he that yieldeth to reproof, possesseth understanding.

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Job 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?

Job 36:23 Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Job 37:23 We cannot find him worthily: he is great in strength, and in judgment, and in justice, and he is ineffable.

Genesis 18:25 Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.

Deuteronomy 32:4 The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments: God is faithful and without any iniquity, he is just and right.

2 Chronicles 19:7 Let the fear of the Lord be with you, and do all things with diligence: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor desire of gifts.

Psalm 92:15 That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

Jeremiah 12:1 Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?

Romans 3:4,5 But God is true and every man a liar, as it is written: That thou mayest be justified in thy words and mayest overcome when thou art judged. . . .

Romans 9:14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid!

James 1:13 Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man.

Context
Elihu Confirms God's Justice
9For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him. 10Therefore, ye men of understanding, hear me: far from God be wickedness, and iniquity from the Almighty.11For he will render to a man his work, and according to the ways of every one he will reward them.…
Cross References
Romans 9:14
What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid!

Genesis 18:25
Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.

Deuteronomy 32:4
The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments: God is faithful and without any iniquity, he is just and right.

Job 8:3
Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?

Job 34:12
For in very deed God will not condemn without cause, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

Psalm 92:15
That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

Job 34:9
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