Job 36:17

And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

18Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

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Cross References

Job 16:5I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.

Job 34:7Who [is] a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

Job 34:36My Father! let Job be tried — unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

Romans 1:32who the righteous judgment of God having known — that those practising such things are worthy of death — not only do them, but also have delight with those practising 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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