Job 34:6

Modern

Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

Traditional

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

Literal

And over my justice should I lie? Mortal is my arrow, without transgression.’

Latin

In judicando enim me mendacium est: violenta sagitta mea absque ullo peccato.

Hebrew

English

Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

Eliphaz accused Job of lying (15:5). This was something Job feared would happen (6:28–29).
My wound (literally My arrow): For the connection with the Lord’s "arrows," see 6:4; 16:13; Jeremiah 10:19; 15:18; 30:12, 15; Lamentations 3:12; Micah 1:9; Nahum 3:19.

Job said he was righteous: See 9:20–21; 13:18; 27:6.

Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 27:4–6
…my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Job 16:13
His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.