Job 34:23
For, unto no man, doth he appoint a repetition,—in going unto GOD in judgment;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
22No darkness, and no death-shade, where the workers of iniquity may hide.
24He shattereth mighty ones unsearchably, and setteth up others in their stead:
Cross References
Ezra 9:13And, after all that hath come upon us, for our wicked doings, and for our great guilt—For, thou, O our God, hast spared us, punishing us less than our iniquities deserved, and hast given us a deliverance such as this,
Job 9:32For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:
Job 11:11For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
Job 23:7There an upright man, might reason with him, so should I deliver myself completely from my judge.
Psalms 119:137[ZADHE.] Righteous art thou, O Yahweh,—and, equitable, are thy regulations.
Jeremiah 2:5Thus, saith Yahweh,—What did your fathers find in me by way of perversity, that they removed far from me,—and went after vanity, and became vain?
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 →