Job 36:17

17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.

Job 36:17 in Other Translations

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

17 "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.

17 But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged. Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.

17 And here you are laden with the guilt of the wicked, obsessed with putting the blame on God!

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

17 But you are given the judgment evil people deserve. A fair judgment will be upheld.

17 Yet [now] you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

17 But now you are loaded down with the punishment sinners will receive. You have been judged fairly.

Job 36:17 Meaning and Commentary

Job 36:17

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked
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FOOTNOTES:

F23 take this to be a continuation of the happiness Job would have enjoyed, had he behaved in his affliction as he ought to have done; then he would have been filled to satisfaction, by seeing the judgments of God exercised on wicked men, as on the Chaldeans and Sabeans, who had injured him: "and judgment and justice would have upheld thee"; when they should be cast down. But these words rather seem to be expressive of his present state, and the reason of it, he not being sufficiently humbled: and the sense is, not that he had lived a vicious course of life, as the wicked do, and filled up the measure of his wickedness as they; and so deserved to be filled with the like judgments as inflicted on them. Mr. Broughton reads the words,

``as thou hast fulfilled the sentence of the wicked, sentence and judgment have laid hold:''

but rather the meaning is, that he had "fulfilled the contention of the wicked" ^F24; pleaded as they did, argued with God after their manner: and therefore is said to go in company and walk with them, and make answers for them, ( Job 34:8 Job 34:36 ) . Wherefore

justice and judgment take hold [on thee];
afflictions in righteousness, or the chastening hand of God, in righteous judgment, had taken hold upon him, and would hold him until he was sufficiently humbled under them.

F23 Schmidt, Michaelis.
F24 (talm evr Nyry) "et litem improbi implevisti", Schultens.

Job 36:17 In-Context

15 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.

16 “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.

18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

19 Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?

Cross References

• 1. S Job 20:29
• 2. Job 22:11