Job 34:31

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.”

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BSBPD

“Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For hath any said unto God, I have bornechastisement, I will not offend any more:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 34:31 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:41and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
  2. Numbers 22:34“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
  3. Ezra 9:13After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
  4. Nehemiah 9:33You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
  5. Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
  6. Job 40:3Then Job answered the LORD:
  7. Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
  8. Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
  9. Jeremiah 8:6I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
  10. Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
  11. Daniel 9:7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
  12. Micah 7:9Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.

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