Job 35:4

Study note

Setting — The speaker addresses Job and his companions directly, continuing the discourse from the preceding question about the profit of righteousness. The words — The Hebrew term אֲשִֽׁיבְ/ךָ ('a.shi.ve./Kha) literally means "I will respond to you," paired with מִלִּ֑ין (mi.Lin), meaning "words." The thread — This declaration of direct address aligns with the warning in Proverbs 13:20 about the fate of those who keep company with fools, while Job 34:8 records the speaker's prior observation of walking with the wicked. Why it lands — The text states a forthcoming reply to Job’s question and his friends, requiring the reader to face a direct answer rather than accept abstract comfort.

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