34:2 “Listen to my words, you wise men;
hear 1 me, you learned men. 2
34:4 Let us evaluate 3 for ourselves what is right; 4
let us come to know among ourselves what is good.
34:10 “Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. 5
Far be it from 6 God to do wickedness,
from the Almighty to do evil.
34:16 “If you have 7 understanding, listen to this,
hear what I have to say. 8
1 tn Heb “give ear to me.”
2 tn The Hebrew word means “the men who know,” and without a complement it means “to possess knowledge.”
3 sn Elihu means “choose after careful examination.”
4 tn The word is מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) again, with the sense of what is right or just.
5 tn Heb “men of heart.” The “heart” is used for the capacity to understand and make the proper choice. It is often translated “mind.”
6 tn For this construction, see Job 27:5.
7 tn The phrase “you have” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
8 tn Heb “the sound of my words.”