Job 34:36

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

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

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

Job, you deserve the maximum penalty for the wicked way you have talked.

Job, you need to be pushed to the wall and called to account for wickedly talking back to God the way you have.

May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.

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

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

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.