Job 34:23
21 For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
22 There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
24 He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
25 Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
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- BSB
- For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
- KJV
- For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
- WEB
- For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
- ASV
- For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
- DARBY
- For he doth not long consider a man, to bring him before God in judgment.
- BLB
- For He does not set upon a man further, for his going before God in the judgment.
- ÅB
- Gud har ikke nødig å gi lenge akt på en mann før han må møte for Guds dom.
- OTB
- Gud trenger ikke å undersøke folk nærmere,
for at de skal komme for Ham til dom. - B1930
- Gud har ikke nødig å gi lenge akt på en mann før han må møte for Guds dom.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 9:7–9
To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
Read in contextPsalms 119:137
Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
Read in contextEzra 9:13
After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
Read in contextRomans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
Read in contextJob 11:11
Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
Read in contextIsaiah 42:3
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
Read in contextJob 16:21
Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
Read in contextJob 34:10–12
Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
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