Job 34:33
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.”
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“Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused--That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 34:33 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 9:12If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
- Job 15:31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
- Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
- Job 33:5Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
- Job 33:32But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
- Job 34:11For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
- Job 41:11Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
- Psalms 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
- Psalms 135:6The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
- Proverbs 11:31If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
- Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Matthew 20:12‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
- Romans 9:20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
- Romans 11:35“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
- Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
- Hebrews 11:26He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
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