Job 34:23
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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Compare
- 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
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Read in contextPsalms 119:137
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Read in contextEzra 9:13
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
Read in contextRomans 9:20
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Read in contextJob 11:11
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Read in contextIsaiah 42:3
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Read in contextJob 16:21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Read in contextJob 34:10–12
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
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