Job 34:4 Meaning and Explanation
“Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Elihu invites his hearers to seek out together what is right and to discern what is truly good.
What Does Job 34:4 Mean?
Having called for careful listening, Elihu now proposes a shared pursuit: 'let us choose to us judgment.' He frames the search for truth as a common task, something to be sought 'among ourselves,' as companions reasoning toward what is right. The tone is collaborative, not combative, though a pointed critique of Job will soon follow.
To choose justice and to know the good is the work of a whole life, not a single conversation. Elihu's invitation echoes the deeper biblical summons to 'seek good, and not evil,' and to love what God loves. The good is not invented by us but discovered, and the heart that genuinely desires it will, in time, be led to the One who is goodness itself.
Job 34:4 in the Original Language
mishpat (מִשְׁפָּט), 'judgment' -- the discernment of what is right and just, the rendering of a true verdict.
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What does Job 34:4 mean?
Elihu invites his hearers to seek out together what is right and to discern what is truly good.