Job 34:23
For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
In Context
22There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.
Cross References
Ezra 9:13And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;
Job 9:32For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.
Job 11:11For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.
Job 23:7There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
Psalms 119:137TZADE O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions.
Jeremiah 2:5These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?
Matthew Henry on Job 34:17-31
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. 20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken… Read the whole commentary →