Job 34:11
For the work of a man will He requite unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
In Context
12Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:23And the LORD will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as the LORD delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed.
Psalms 62:12(62-13) Also unto Thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy; for Thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Proverbs 24:12If thou sayest: 'Behold, we knew not this', doth not He that weigheth the hearts consider it? And He that keepeth thy soul, doth not He know it? And shall not He render to every man according to his works?
Jeremiah 32:19great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;
Ezekiel 33:17Yet the children of thy people say: The way of the Lord is not equal; but as for them, their way is not equal.
Matthew Henry on Job 34:11-16
10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;… Read the whole commentary →