Job 34:23
For he will not lay on man so much, that he should enter into iudgement with God.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 darkenesse nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.
24He shall breake the mightie without seeking, and shall set vp other in their stead.
Cross References
Ezra 9:13And after all that is come vpon vs for our euill deedes, and for our great trespasses, (seeing that thou our God hast stayed vs from being beneath for our iniquities, and hast giuen vs such deliuerance)
Job 9:32For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.
Job 11:11For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
Job 23:7There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
Psalms 119:137TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
Jeremiah 2:5Thus sayeth the Lord, What iniquitie haue your fathers founde in mee, that they are gone farre from mee, and haue walked after vanitie, and are become vaine?
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 →