Bible Strands
Job 34:6
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Elihu addresses Job during their debate, directly responding to Job’s assertion that God has denied him justice despite his innocence.
The words — אֲכַזֵּ֑ב ('a.kha.Zev) means "will I lie?" and אָנ֖וּשׁ ('a.Nush) means "is incurable," anchoring Job’s defense in claims of factual truth and unhealed suffering.
The thread — The motif of unhealed wounds and pierced bodies appears in Job 6:4 and Job 16:13, while the insistence on truthful speech matches Job 27:4.
Why it lands — The text demands readers test claims of personal innocence and divine injustice against observable reality, requiring honest evaluation of one’s own words and suffering.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Cross-references
- Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Job 16:13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
- Job 27:4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.