Job 36:17

But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked, though iudgement and equitie maintaine all things.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Euen so woulde he haue taken thee out of the streight place into a broade place and not shut vp beneath: and that which resteth vpon thy table, had bene full of fat.

18For Gods wrath is, least hee should take that away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.

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Cross References

Job 16:5But I woulde strengthen you with my mouth, and the comfort of my lips should asswage your sorowe.

Job 34:7What man is like Iob, that drinketh scornfulnesse like water?

Job 34:36I desire that Iob may be tryed, vnto the ende touching the answeres for wicked 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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