Job 34:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.”
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“For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 34:23 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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),
- Job 9:3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
- Job 9:32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
- 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.
- Job 11:11Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
- 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.
- 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?”
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