But ¹  Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

biblegateway Job 34:36

‘Job ought to be tried to the limit, Because he answers like wicked men.

If only Job were tested to the limit, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

"My Father, let Job be thoroughly tested for giving answers like wicked people do.

biblegateway Job 34:36

Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost for answering like a wicked man!

Would that Job were tried to the end, because he answers like wicked men.

bibleoremus Job 34:36

Would that Job were tried to the limit, because his answers are those of the wicked.

If only Job could be put to the test once and for all for answering like a mischief-maker!

biblegateway Job 34:36

Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost, Because his answers are like those of wicked men!

My desire [is that] Job may be tried unto the end because of [his] answers for wicked men.

biblegateway Job 34:36

But ¹  Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

¹ tc The MT reads אָבִי (’avi, “my father”), which makes no sense. Some follow the KJV and emend the word to make a verb “I desire” or use the noun “my desire of it.” Others follow an Arabic word meaning “entreat, I pray” (cf. ESV, “Would that Job were tried”). The LXX and the Syriac versions have “but” and “surely” respectively. Since this is the only ms support, albeit weak, it may be the best choice. In this sense Elihu would be saying that because of Job’s attitude God will continue to test him.