Job 36:17

But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: [divine] judgment and decree will support each other.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And also thee hath he incited away from the jaws of distress into a wide space, on the site of which there is no straitness; and what is set on thy table is full of fatness.

18For there would be fury, If aught were to incite thee to utter an abundance [of rebellious words]; and the greatness of the infliction must not mislead thee.

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Cross References

Job 16:5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the condolence of my lips should restrain [your grief].

Job 34:7What man is there like Job, who drinketh scorning like water,

Job 34:36Oh that Job may therefore be probed continually, in order to give answers against sinful men.

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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