Job 36:17
Good News Translation
But now you are being punished as you deserve.

New Revised Standard Version
“But you are obsessed with the case of the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.

Contemporary English Version
Now that the judgment for your sins has fallen upon you,

New American Bible
Though you are full of the judgment of the wicked, judgment and justice will be maintained.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.

fulfilled

Job 16:5 I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.

Job 34:8,36 Who goeth in company with them that work iniquity, and walketh with wicked men? . . .

Romans 1:32 Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death: and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.

Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins and that you receive not of her plagues.

take hold on thee.

Context
Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power
16Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness. 17Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.18Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.…
Cross References
Job 22:5
And not for thy manifold wickedness and thy infinite iniquities?

Job 22:10
Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.

Job 36:16
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