But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
- BSB But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
- NKJV But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.
- NASB ¶“But you were full of judgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.
- NLT But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged. Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.
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Quick answer
Yet Elihu charges that Job is filled with the judgment due the wicked, gripped by judgment and justice. He warns Job stands under condemnation.
Overview
Turning to warning, Elihu accuses Job of being preoccupied with the cause of the wicked, so that judgment has laid hold of him. This stern application misjudges Job, yet it raises the real danger of identifying with the wicked in attitude. The verse underscores humanity's need for a righteousness not our own, the gift of justification through Christ that frees us from condemnation (Rom. 8:1).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Rom 1:32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
- Rev 18:4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
- Job 34:8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
- Job 34:36My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
- Job 16:5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
- Job 22:11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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