Job 34:23
For it is no longer within the power of man to enter into judgment with God.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 darkness and no shadow of death, where those who work iniquity may be hidden.
24He will break into many innumerable pieces, and he will cause others to stand up in their place.
Cross References
Ezra 9:13And after all that has happened to us because of our very wicked works and our great offense, you, our God, have freed us from our iniquity, and you have given us salvation, just as it is this day,
Job 9:32For even I would not answer a man who were like myself, nor one who could be heard with me equally in judgment.
Job 11:11For he knows the vanity of men, and when he sees iniquity, does he not evaluate it?
Job 23:7Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.
Jeremiah 2:5Thus says the Lord: “What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they would draw far away from me, and would walk after emptiness, and would become empty?
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 →