Job 36:17

“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

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WEBBE

“But you are full of the judgement of the wicked. Judgement and justice take hold of you.

BSB

But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

KJV

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

ASV

But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

BBE

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וְדִין־ ve·din- and judgment of H1779 רָשָׁע ra·sha' [the] wicked H7563 מָלֵאתָ ma·le·ta you are full H4390 דִּין din judgment H1779 וּמִשְׁפָּט u·mish·pat and justice H4941 יִתְמֹכוּ yit·mo·khu they take hold of [you] H8551

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 15–23

Elihu shows that Job caused the continuance of his own trouble. He cautions him not to persist in frowardness. Even good men need to be kept to their duty by the fear of God's wrath; the wisest and best have enough in them to deserve his stroke. Let not Job continue his unjust quarrel with God and his providence. And let us never dare to think favourably of sin, never indulge it, nor allow ourselves in it. Elihu thinks Job needed this caution, he having chosen rather to gratify his pride and humour by contending with God, than to mortify them by submitting, and accepting the punishment. It is absurd for us to think to teach Him who is himself the Fountain of light, truth, knowledge, and instruction. He teaches by the Bible, and that is the best book; teaches by his Son, and he is the best Master. He is just in all proceedings.

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Wicked (People)

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.