Job 36:17

But thou have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

In Context

16Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no confinement, and that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

18and there shall be wrath upon the impious because of the ungodliness of bribes which the unrighteous receive.

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Cross References

Job 16:5[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief].

Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water,

Job 34:36But surely not. Learn thou Job not to still give an answer like the foolish,

Romans 1:32Who, knowing the righteousness of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also favor those who do.

Matthew Henry on Job 36:16-24

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all… Read the whole commentary →

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