Job 34:31 · KJV
“Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}:”
— Job 34:31
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
{That which} I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Job 34 — Context
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:
30That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}:
32{That which} I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
33{Should it be} according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. {according...: Heb. from with thee?}
Cross References
Job 33:27
He looketh upon men, and {if any} say, I have sinned, and perverted {that which was} right, and it profited me not; {He...: or, He shall look upon men, and say}
Micah 7:9
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, {and} I shall behold his righteousness.
Leviticus 26:41
And {that} I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Ezra 9:13-14
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities {deserve}, and hast given us {such} deliverance as this; {hast punished...: Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities}
Nehemiah 9:33-38
Howbeit thou {art} just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Job 42:6
Wherefore I abhor {myself}, and repent in dust and ashes.
Jeremiah 31:18-19
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself {thus}; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed {to the yoke}: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou {art} the LORD my God.
Daniel 9:7-14
O Lord, righteousness {belongeth} unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, {that are} near, and {that are} far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. {belongeth...: or, thou hast}