Bible Strands
Job 34:4
Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — This rhetorical appeal occurs within a discourse responding to Job’s claims of unjust treatment, urging listeners to verify truth through shared discernment.
The words — נִבְחֲרָה (niv.cha.rah) literally means “let us choose,” and מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) denotes “justice” or “what is right.”
The thread — The call to verify truth aligns with the directive to “test all things. Hold fast to what is good” in 1 Thessalonians 5:21 and the communal appeal for verdicts in Judges 20:7.
Why it lands — It requires readers to actively examine claims and seek collective discernment rather than accepting assertions without verification.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Cross-references
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21 but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
- Judges 19:30 And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
- Judges 20:7 Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”
- Job 34:36 If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
- Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
- John 7:24 Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
- Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- 1 Corinthians 6:2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
- Galatians 2:11 When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.