Job 34:5

"Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good."

Key Reflection

Job 34:5 challenges the idea that God has taken away his justice, suggesting instead that Job and his friends should actively seek and discern what is truly just and right, emphasizing personal responsibility in understanding moral truth amidst suffering. This verse encourages a proactive approach to righteousness rather than passively accepting calamity as divine retribution.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For Job hath said, I am righteous -seeJob 13:18, “I know that I shall be justified;” compareJob 23:10-11, where he says, if he was tried he would come forth as gold. Elihu may have also referred to the general course of remark which he had pursued as vindicating himself. And God hath taken away my judgment -This sentiment is found inJob 27:2; see the notes at that place.

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