Verse 17
Job 36:17
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/דִין רָשָׁ֥ע מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ
English Translation
And you have filled judgment for the wicked; judgment and justice shall support you.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 36 Context
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Elihu also proceeded, and said,
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Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God (Elohim)’s behalf.
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I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
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Behold, God (Elohim) is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.
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He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.
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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them forev...
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And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction;
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Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly...
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He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
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If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasur...
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But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
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But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
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They die in youth, And their life perisheth among the unclean.
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He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
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Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; An...
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But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee.
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For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn t...
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Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy strength?
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Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Behold, God (Elohim) doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
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Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
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Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.
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All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.
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Behold, God (Elohim) is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
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For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor,
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Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
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Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
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Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
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For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
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He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
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The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.
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