Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
The verse stands in Elihu's speech of argument and reproof to Job in chapters 32-37, which forms the third of the five parts of the book and lies within the larger division running from chapter 20 to chapter 37. The controversy between Job and his friends comes to a close in chapter 31, when Elihu, a younger man confident that his superior wisdom will correct Job, intervenes and proceeds on much the same line as the others. His aim is to convince Job that Job himself is not very great while God is everything.
No answer is returned to Elihu and no comment is made upon his words before the Lord answers Job in chapter 38. The chapter belongs to the morning portion for Wednesday, July 7, covering Job 34-35 with Acts 15:1-21 in the evening, as part of completing Job 28-42. Attending the theater is keeping company with workers of iniquity and walking with wicked men, because actors and actresses as a class are marked by poor moral character, sensuality, scandal and divorce, while those who delight to go and are determined to go lend them countenance by their presence and favor and enjoy their company.
The verse stands in Elihu's speech of argument and reproof to Job in chapters 32-37, which forms the third of the five parts of the book and lies within the larger division running from chapter 20 to chapter 37. The controversy between Job and his friends comes to a close in chapter 31, when Elihu, a younger man confident that his superior wisdom will correct Job, intervenes and proceeds on much the same line as the others. His aim is to convince Job that Job himself is not very great while God is everything.
No answer is returned to Elihu and no comment is made upon his words before the Lord answers Job in chapter 38. The chapter belongs to the morning portion for Wednesday, July 7, covering Job 34-35 with Acts 15:1-21 in the evening, as part of completing Job 28-42. Attending the theater is keeping company with workers of iniquity and walking with wicked men, because actors and actresses as a class are marked by poor moral character, sensuality, scandal and divorce, while those who delight to go and are determined to go lend them countenance by their presence and favor and enjoy their company.