Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 34:6

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Job 34:6

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Job 34:6

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression." — Job 34:6 (ASV)

Should I lie against my right? —Compare to Job 27:2-6.

My wound is incurable. —Literally, my arrow, i.e., the arrow which has wounded me. (Job 17:1, and so on).

Without transgression. —That is to say, on my part. (See Job 16:17.) Some understand the former clause, “Notwithstanding my right, I am accounted a liar,” but the Authorised Version is more probably right.