Job 34:23
For he need not direct [his attention] a long time upon man, that he should enter into judgment before God.
Leeser Tanakh
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 evil-doers can hide themselves.
24He breaketh down mighty men without [long] searching, and placeth others in their stead.
Cross References
Ezra 9:13And after all that is come over us for our evil deeds, and for our great guiltiness, seeing that thou our God hast spared us [punishing us] less than our iniquities [deserved], and hast given us such deliverance as this:
Job 9:32For he is not a man, like me, that I could answer him, that we should enter together into a contest.
Job 11:11For he knoweth the men of vanity: he seeth the wrong-doer and him who considereth not;
Job 23:7There would an upright one argue with him; and I should be allowed to escape for ever by my judge.
Psalms 119:137TZADDE. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy decrees.
Jeremiah 2:5Thus hath said the Lord, What fault did your fathers find in me, that they went away far from me, and walked after vanity, and became vain?
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 →