Job 36:17

But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.

18Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.

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Cross References

Job 16:5But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.

Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?

Job 34:36If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.

Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

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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