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Job 34:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. "
Job 34:23
Verse in Context
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21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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Job 34:1
"Furthermore Elihu answered and said,"
Job 34:2
"Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge."
Job 34:3
"For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat."
Job 34:4
"Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good."
Job 34:5
"For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment."
Job 34:6
"Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression."
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