Bible Strands
Job 34:8
He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — This statement appears in a discourse directed at Job, positioned between a description of his isolation and a claim that delighting in God yields no profit.
The words — לְ/חֶבְרָה (Le./chev.rah) means company, and פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן (Po.'a.lei 'A.ven) means doers of evil.
The thread — The text traces this pattern of association through Psalms 1:1, Proverbs 13:20, and 1 Corinthians 15:33.
Why it lands — The text states that proximity to evildoers and wicked men defines a person's path. It demands a reader to examine their own companionship and recognize that association shapes moral trajectory.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
Cross-references
- Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Psalms 26:4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
- Psalms 50:18 When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
- Psalms 73:12 Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
- Proverbs 1:15 my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
- Proverbs 2:12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
- Job 2:10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
- Job 11:3 Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?