Job 36:17

“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

18Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

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Cross References

Job 16:5but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

Job 34:36I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.

Romans 1:32who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, 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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