Job 34:11 BSB — MannaFest

Job 34:11

For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.

KJV

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

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Commentary

4 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXIV (604)

Let unmercifulness ['impietas'] be far from God, and iniquity from the Almighty: for the work of a man shall He render unto him, and will restore to them according to the ways of every man. He well said, that iniquity or unmercifulness is not in Almighty God. But that which he added is by no means always the case in this life, namely, that He renders to each man according to his work, and according to his own ways. [see Rev. 22,

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For the work of a man will he render unto him,.... The reward of his work, as Ben Gersom interprets it, whether the work of a wicked man or of a good man: and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Say to the righteous, it shall be well with them; woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with them. If services persevered in now go unrewarded, and sins persisted in now go unpunished, yet there is a day coming when God will fully render to every man according to his works, with interest for the delay. How warmly it is asserted, 1.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For the work of a man shall he render unto him - He shall treat each man as he deserves - and this is the essence of justice. Of the truth of this, also, there could have been no question. Elihu does not, indeed, apply it to the case of Job, but there can be little doubt that he intended that it should have such a reference. He regarded Job as having accused God of injustice, for having inflicted woes on him which he by no means deserved.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
פֹ֣עַל	Fo.'al	[the] work of	H6467 →
אָ֭דָם	'A.dom	a person	H120 →
יְשַׁלֶּם־	ye.sha.lem-	he will repay	H7999 →
ל֑וֹ	lo	to him
וּֽכְאֹ֥רַח	u.khe.'O.rach	and according to [the] way of	H734 →
אִ֝֗ישׁ	'Ish	a person	H376 →
יַמְצִאֶֽנּוּ׃	yam.tzi.'E.nu	he will make find him	H4672 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 22:12
“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
leads to
- Matthew 16:27
  For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 62:11
  Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”
Through
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
leads to
- Psalms 62:12
  and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 22:12
  “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Ephesians 6:8
  because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
Through
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 17:10
  I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job