Job 34:23
For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
24He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.
Cross References
Ezra 9:13And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that Thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such a remnant,
Job 9:32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
Job 11:11For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?
Job 23:7There the upright might reason with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.
Psalms 119:137TZADE. Righteous art Thou, O LORD, and upright are Thy judgments.
Jeremiah 2:5Thus saith the LORD: What unrighteousness have your fathers found in Me, that they are gone far from Me, and have walked after things of nought, and are become nought?
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 →