Job 36:17

Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it : and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.

18Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.

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Cross References

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

Job 34:7What man is there like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

Job 34:36My father, let Job be tried even to the end : cease not from the man of iniquity.

Romans 1:32Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.

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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