Job 34:23
For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
Berean Standard Bible
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 or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
24He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
Cross References
Ezra 9:13After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
Job 9:32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
Job 11:11Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
Job 23:7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Psalms 119:137Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
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 →