KJV King James Version
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
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Job 34:31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
WEB World English Bible
“For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
ASV American Standard Version
For hath any said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For unto God hath any said: ‘I have taken away, I do not corruptly,
Surrounding context — Job 34
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29 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:
30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31 Surely 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.
34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
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Micah 7:9I 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.Job 33:27He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;Nehemiah 9:33-38Howbeit thou [art] just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.Jeremiah 31:18-19I 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.Ezra 9:13-14And 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;Leviticus 26:41And [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:Daniel 9:7-14O 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.Job 40:3-5Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
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