The Meaning of Job 36:17 Explained

Job 36:17

KJV: But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

YLT: And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

Darby: But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

ASV: But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee .

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But thou hast fulfilled  the judgment  of the wicked:  judgment  and justice  take hold  [on thee]. 

What does Job 36:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 36:1-33 - He Despiseth Not Any
God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever. He will stoop to thy low dungeon, whispering instruction to thine ear and commanding thee to return. There are broad places before thee in which there shall be no straitness; tables await thee full of fatness. Thy path leads from thy present prison-house into liberty and light.
Remember the unsearchable numbers of His years. Behold the wonderful machinery by which He collects from ocean, lake, and stream the clouds which, like floating cisterns, carry the waters to be bleached in the snow of the hills, and oxidized in the torrent beds! There is more love than terror in creation. Nature's myriad voices proclaim with Scripture, "God is love." He cannot, therefore, be indifferent to the righteous man or neglect him. He may discipline him to make him hate sin; but, when this end is attained, He will assuredly withdraw His rod, Job 36:10-11. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 36

1  Elihu shows how God is just in his ways
16  How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
24  God's works are to be magnified

What do the individual words in Job 36:17 mean?

But with the judgment due the wicked you are filled Judgment and justice take hold [of you]
וְדִין־ רָשָׁ֥ע מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ

וְדִין־  But  with  the  judgment  due 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דִּין 
Sense: judgment.
רָשָׁ֥ע  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
מָלֵ֑אתָ  you  are  filled 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: מָלֵא 
Sense: to fill, be full.
דִּ֖ין  Judgment 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דִּין 
Sense: judgment.
וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט  and  justice 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
יִתְמֹֽכוּ  take  hold  [of  you] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: תָּמַךְ  
Sense: to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of, hold fast.

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