Job 36:17

Your case has been judged like that of the impious; you will withdraw your plea and your judgment.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Therefore, he will save you from the narrow mouth very widely, even though it has no foundation under it. Moreover, your respite at table will be full of fatness.

18Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.

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Cross References

Job 16:5I would also comfort you with speeches and would wag my head over you.

Job 34:7What man is there that is like Job, who drinks up derision as if it were water,

Job 34:36My father, let Job be tested even to the end; may you not retreat from a man of iniquity.

Romans 1:32And these, though they had known the justice of God, did not understand that those who act in such a manner are deserving of death, and not only those who do these things, but also those who consent to what is done.

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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