Job 34 · Verse 23

Job 34:23

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Job 34:23, King James Version

Job 34:23 in other translations

BSBFor God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
WEBFor he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
ASVFor he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
YLTFor He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,
DARBYFor he doth not long consider a man, to bring him before God in judgment.
BBEFor he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
WebsterFor he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

What does Job 34:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. (1Co 10:13; La 3:32; Is 27:8). Better, as Umbreit, "He does not (needs not to) regard (as in Job 34:14; Is 41:20) man long (so Hebrew, Ge 46:29) in order that he may go (be brought by God) into judgment." Literally, "lest his (attention) upon men" (Job 11:10, 11). So Job 34:24, "without number" ought to be translated, "without [needing any] searching out," such as has to be made in human judgments.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 For he will not lay upon man - The meaning appears to be this: He will not call man a second time into judgment; he does not try a cause twice; his decisions are just, and his sentence without appeal. Mr. Good translates: - "Behold, not to man hath he intrusted the time Of coming into judgment with God." Man's time is not in his own hand; nor is his lot cast or ruled by his own wisdom and power. When God thinks best, he will judge for him; and, if oppressed or calumniated, he will bring forth his righteousness as the light, and do him justice on his adversaries.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 34:16-30

Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumption to condemn God's proceedings, as Job had done by his discontents. Elihu suggests divers considerations to Job, to produce in him high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him to submit. Job had often wished to plead his…

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Job 34:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אִ֭ישׁ'isha personH376
יָשִׂ֣יםya.Simhe will appointH7760
ע֑וֹדodagainH5750
לַהֲלֹ֥ךְla.ha.Lokhto goH1980
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֵ֝֗ל'ElGodH410
בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט\׃ba.mish.Patin <the> judgmentH4941

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Cross references for Job 34:23

  • 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. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

  • Psalms 119:137

    צ TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.

  • Ezra 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;

  • Romans 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?

  • Job 11:11

    For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

  • Isaiah 42:3

    A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

  • Job 16:21

    O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

  • Job 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. For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

  • Job 23:7

    There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • Jeremiah 2:5

    Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

  • Job 9:32-33

    For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

  • Job 11:6

    And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he will.
10-12; 11:6; Ezr 9:13; Ps 119:137; Isa 42:3; Da 9:7-9
that he.
9:32,33; 16:21; 23:7; Jer 2:5; Ro 9:20
enter. Heb. go.

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Context

  • Job 34:22

    There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Job 34:23

    For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

  • Job 34:24

    He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

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Job 34:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No carga pues él al hombre más de lo justo, para que vaya con Dios á juicio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car il ne pense pas longtemps à un homme pour le faire venir devant ✶Dieu en jugement.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn er braucht nicht lange auf einen Menschen acht zu geben, damit er vor Gott ins Gericht komme.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
neque enim ultra in hominis potestate est, ut veniat ad Deum in judicium.