Job 36:17
וְדִין ־ רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ דִּין וּמִשְׁפָּט יִתְמֹֽכוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
In Context
16וְאַף הֲסִיתְךָ ׀ מִפִּי ־ צָר רַחַב לֹא ־ מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְנַחַת שֻׁלְחָנְךָ מָלֵא דָֽשֶׁן ׃
18כִּֽי ־ חֵמָה פֶּן ־ יְסִֽיתְךָ בְסָפֶק וְרָב ־ כֹּפֶר אַל ־ יַטֶּֽךָּ ׃
Cross References
Job 16:5אֲאַמִּצְכֶם בְּמוֹ ־ פִי וְנִיד שְׂפָתַי יַחְשֹֽׂךְ ׃
Job 34:7מִי ־ גֶבֶר כְּאִיּוֹב יִֽשְׁתֶּה ־ לַּעַג כַּמָּֽיִם ׃
Job 34:36אָבִי יִבָּחֵן אִיּוֹב עַד ־ נֶצַח עַל ־ תְּשֻׁבֹת בְּאַנְשֵׁי ־ אָֽוֶן ׃
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 →