Job 36:17

there is a deep gulf and a rushing stream beneath it, and thy table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy:

18but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.

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Cross References

Job 16:5And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.

Job 34:7What man is as Job, drinking scorning like water?

Job 34:36Howbeit do thou learn, Job: no longer make answer as the foolish:

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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