Job 34:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Job 34:23 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 9:13
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
Psalms 119:137
TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Romans 9:20
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Daniel 9:7-9
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. …
Job 34:10-12
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-30)

Elihu here addresses himself more directly to Job. He had spoken to the rest (Job 34:10) as men of understanding; now, speaking to Job; he puts an if upon his understanding: If thou hast understanding, hear this and observe it, Job 34:16. I. Hear this, That God is not to be quarrelled with for any thing that he does. It is daring presumption to arraign and condemn God’s proceedings, as Job had don…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

23. (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 judgm…