Job 34:23

Job 34:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
• New International Version (NIV)God has no need to examine people further, that they should come before him for judgment.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For God has no need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For He need not further consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.

Context of Job 34:23

21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step. 22There 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. 24He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place. 25Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

Job 34:23 word by word

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א עַל־אִ֭ישׁ יָשִׂ֣ים ע֑וֹד לַהֲלֹ֥ךְ אֶל־אֵ֝֗ל בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• need notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• need notעַל‛al · uponH5921
• examineשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: considerH7760
• a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• furtherעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• have him approachהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• have him approachאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• for judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941

Cross-references for Job 34:23

• Job 34:10Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
• Job 11:6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
• Ezra 9:13After 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),
• Psalms 119:137Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
• Isaiah 42:3A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
• Daniel 9:7To 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.
• Job 9:32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
• Job 16:21Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
• Job 23:7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
• Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.
• Romans 9:20But 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?”

Commentaries on Job 34:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23For 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23For he will not lay upon man more than right - Very various translations have been given of this verse. According to our common version, it means that God will not deal with man in such a manner as to give him just reason for calling in question the rectitude of the divine dealings. He shall in no case receive more than his sins deserve, so as to give him cause for complaint. This is undoubtedly a correct sentiment; but it may be doubted whether it is the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-30Verses 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 cause before God. Elihu asks…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23God need not examine a man further: Elihu said this to disagree with Job's wish for God to quickly announce a time of judgment (21:19; 24:1). Elihu believed that God already understood all people perfectly without needing to set up a special court or investigation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. (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.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 34:23

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In the dictionaries

• God
• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit
• Further; Furtherance
• Go
• Lay; Laying
• Omniscience

Commentaries on Job 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings