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Selected Verse: Job 34:6 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Job 34:6 |
Strong Concordance |
Should I lie [03576] against my right [04941]? my wound [02671] is incurable [0605] without transgression [06588]. |
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King James |
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Were I to renounce my right (that is, confess myself guilty), I should die. Job virtually had said so (Job 27:4-5; Job 6:28). MAURER, not so well, "Notwithstanding my right (innocence) I am treated as a liar," by God, by His afflicting me.
my wound--literally, "mine arrow," namely, by which I am pierced. So "my stroke" ("hand," Job 23:2, Margin). My sickness (Job 6:4; Job 16:13).
without transgression--without fault of mine to deserve it (Job 16:17). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Should I lie against my right? - These are also quoted as the words of Job, and as a part of the erroneous opinions on which Elihu proposes to comment. These words do not occur, however, as used by Job respecting himself, and Elihu must be understood to refer to what he regarded as the general strain of the argument maintained by him. In regard to the meaning of the words, there have been various opinions. Jerome renders them, "For in judging me there is falsehood - mendacium est; my violent arrow (the painful arrow in me) is without any sin." The Septuagint, "He the Lord hath been false in my accusation" - ἐψένσατο δὲ τῳ κρίματί μου epseusato de tō krimati mou - "my arrow is heavy without transgression." Coverdale, "I must needs be a liar, though my cause be right." Umbreit renders it, "I must lie if I should acknowledge myself to be guilty."
Noyes, "Though I am innocent, I am made a liar." Prof. Lee, "Should I lie respecting my case? mine arrow is mortal without transgression." That is, Job said he could not lie about it; he could use no language that would deceive. He felt that a mortal arrow had reached him without transgression, or without any adequate cause. Rosenmuller renders it, "However just may be my cause, I appear to be a liar." That is, he was regarded as guilty, and treated accordingly, however conscious he might be of innocence, and however strenuously he might maintain that he was not guilty. The meaning probably is, "I am held to be a liar. I defend myself; go over my past life; state my course of conduct; meet the accusations of my friends, but in all this I am still held to be a liar. My friends so regard me - for they will not credit my statements, and they go on still to argue as if I was the most guilty of mortals. And God also in this holds me to be a liar, for he treats me constantly as if I were guilty. He hears not my vindication, and he inflicts pain and woe upon me as if all that I had said about my own integrity were false, and I were one of the most abandoned of mortals, so that on all hands I am regarded and treated as if I were basely false." The literal translation of the Hebrew is, "Concerning my judgment (or my cause) I am held to be a liar."
My wound is incurable - Margin, as in Hebrew "arrow." The idea is, that a deadly arrow had smitten him, which could not be extracted. So in Virgil:
Haeret lateri letalis arundo. Aeneid iv. 73.
The image is taken from an animal that had been pierced with a deadly arrow.
Without transgression - Without any sin that deserved such treatment. Job did not claim to be absolutely perfect; he maintained only that the sufferings which he endured were no proper proof of his character; compare Job 6:4. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Should I lie - So Job had said in effect, Job 27:4-6, should I falsely accuse myself of sins of which I am not guilty? Without transgression - Without any such crying, sin, as might reasonably bring down such terrible judgments upon my head. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Should I lie against my right? - Should I acknowledge myself the sinner which they paint me, and thus lie against my right to assert and maintain my innocence?
My wound is incurable without transgression - If this translation is correct, the meaning of the place is sufficiently evident. In the tribulation which I endure, I am treated as if I were the worst of culprits; and I labor under incurable maladies and privations, though without any cause on my part for such treatment. This was all most perfectly true; it is the testimony which God himself gives of Job, that "he was a perfect and upright man, fearing God and eschewing evil;" and that "Satan had moved the Lord against him, to destroy him, Without a Cause. See Job 1:1; Job 2:3.
The Chaldee translates thus: -
"On account of my judgment, I will make the son of man a liar, who sends forth arrows without sin."
Mr. Good thus: -
"Concerning my cause I am slandered;
He hath reversed my lot without a trespass."
The latter clause is the most deficient, אנוש חצי בלי פשע; Miss Smith's translation of which is the best I have met with: "A man cut off, without transgression." The word חצי chitstsi, which we translate my wound, signifies more literally, my arrow; and if we take it as a contracted noun, חצי chitstsey for חצים chitstsim, it means calamities. אנוש anush, which we translate incurable, may be the noun enosh, wicked, miserable man; and then the whole may be read thus: "A man of calamities without transgression." I suffer the punishment of an enemy to God, while free from transgression of this kind. |
17 Not for any injustice [02555] in mine hands [03709]: also my prayer [08605] is pure [02134].
13 His archers [07228] compass me round about [05437], he cleaveth [06398] my reins [03629] asunder [06398], and doth not spare [02550]; he poureth out [08210] my gall [04845] upon the ground [0776].
4 For the arrows [02671] of the Almighty [07706] are within [05978] me, the poison [02534] whereof drinketh up [08354] my spirit [07307]: the terrors [01161] of God [0433] do set themselves in array [06186] against me.
2 Even to day [03117] is my complaint [07879] bitter [04805]: my stroke [03027] is heavier [03513] than my groaning [0585].
28 Now therefore be content [02974], look [06437] upon me; for it is evident [06440] unto you if I lie [03576].
4 My lips [08193] shall not speak [01696] wickedness [05766], nor my tongue [03956] utter [01897] deceit [07423].
5 God forbid [02486] that I should justify [06663] you: till I die [01478] I will not remove [05493] mine integrity [08538] from me.
4 For the arrows [02671] of the Almighty [07706] are within [05978] me, the poison [02534] whereof drinketh up [08354] my spirit [07307]: the terrors [01161] of God [0433] do set themselves in array [06186] against me.
4 My lips [08193] shall not speak [01696] wickedness [05766], nor my tongue [03956] utter [01897] deceit [07423].
5 God forbid [02486] that I should justify [06663] you: till I die [01478] I will not remove [05493] mine integrity [08538] from me.
6 My righteousness [06666] I hold [02388] fast, and will not let it go [07503]: my heart [03824] shall not reproach [02778] me so long as I live [03117].
3 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Satan [07854], Hast thou [07760] considered [03820] my servant [05650] Job [0347], that there is none like him in the earth [0776], a perfect [08535] and an upright [03477] man [0376], one that feareth [03373] God [0430], and escheweth [05493] evil [07451]? and still he holdeth fast [02388] his integrity [08538], although thou movedst [05496] me against him, to destroy [01104] him without cause [02600].
1 There was a man [0376] in the land [0776] of Uz [05780], whose name [08034] was Job [0347]; and that man [0376] was perfect [08535] and upright [03477], and one that feared [03373] God [0430], and eschewed [05493] evil [07451].