Job 34:5

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Cross-reference

Job 10:7 Parallel

In Job 10:7, Job similarly asserts his innocence before God, reinforcing the claim Elihu quotes here.

Job 11:4 Parallel

In Job 11:4, Zophar quotes Job claiming purity, matching the self-righteousness Elihu references.

Job 16:17 Parallel

In Job 16:17, Job declares his hands free from violence and his prayer pure, echoing his claim of righteousness.

Job 27:2 Citation

In Job 27:2, Job directly says God has taken away his right, almost identical to the quote in 34:5.

Job 29:14 Parallel

In Job 29:14, Job describes his past righteousness as a garment, paralleling his self-perception of justice.

Job 32:1 Parallel

In Job 32:1, the narrator states Job was righteous in his own eyes, directly supporting Elihu's quote.

Job 33:9 Parallel

In Job 33:9, Elihu himself earlier quotes Job claiming purity, reinforcing the same accusation.

Job 40:8 Parallel

In Job 40:8, God directly rebukes Job for putting God in the wrong to justify himself, answering the complaint quoted in 34:5.

Job 36:3 Contrast

Job 36:3 declares Elihu will ascribe righteousness to God, contrasting with Job's claim of his own righteousness in 34:5.

Job 35:2 Parallel

Job 35:2 continues Elihu's challenge, asking if Job claims it is his right before God, directly referencing the same self-justification.

Job 33:10 Parallel

In Job 33:10, Elihu quotes Job saying God counts him as an enemy, another complaint similar to the one in 34:5.

Job 32:2 Historical context

Job 32:2 explains Elihu's anger at Job for justifying himself, directly leading to the quote in 34:5.

Job 8:3 Contrast

In Job 8:3, Bildad asserts God never perverts justice, contrasting with Job's claim that God took away his justice.

Job 9:2 Contrast

Job 9:2 states no man can be righteous before God, contrasting with Job's claim in 34:5 that he is righteous.

Job 19:7 Parallel

Job 19:7 cries out for justice unheard, matching the complaint in 34:5 that God has taken away his justice.

Job 15:6 Parallel

In Job 15:6, Eliphaz says Job's own words condemn him, similar to Elihu using Job's words against him in 34:5.

Job 10:3 Parallel

Job 10:3 questions God's justice, echoing the same complaint Elihu quotes in 34:5 about God taking away justice.

Job 9:17 Parallel

In Job 9:17, Job complains of suffering without cause, linking to his claim that God denied him justice.

Ezekiel 18:25 records Israel's similar accusation that God's way is unjust, mirroring Job's complaint that God denied him justice.

Malachi 2:17 has people asking 'Where is the God of justice?' — the same questioning of divine justice that Job voices here.

Acts 8:33 Parallel

Acts 8:33 quotes Isaiah about the suffering servant to whom justice was denied — a parallel to Job's claim of being denied justice despite righteousness.

Isaiah 40:27 voices a similar complaint that God disregards one's right, paralleling Job's claim in 34:5 that God took away his justice.