Job 36:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְדִין־רָשָׁ֥ע מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-dîn-rāšāʿ mālēʾtā dîn û-mišpāṭ yitmōkû

Grammar Details

• *wə-dîn-rāšāʿ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + adjective/noun - and judgment of wicked
• *mālēʾtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have filled/fulfilled
• *dîn*: noun, masculine singular - judgment
• *û-mišpāṭ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and justice
• *yitmōkû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they take hold/seize

Word Meanings

• *dîn-rāšāʿ*: judgment of wicked/case of evil one
• *mālēʾtā*: you have filled/fulfilled/satisfied
• *dîn*: judgment/case/legal decision
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/right
• *yitmōkû*: take hold/seize/grasp/uphold

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuerthelesse, thou hast condemned the iudgment of the vngodly, yee euen soch a iudgment and sentence shalt thou suffre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked, though iudgement and equitie maintaine all things.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Neuerthelesse, thou hast commended the iudgement of the vngodly, and euen such a iudgement & sentence shalt thou suffer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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• World English Bible (2000)

  "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

Referenced Verses

• Job 16:5 : 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the comfort of my lips would bring you relief.
• Job 22:11 : 11 It is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.
• Job 34:8 : 8 He walks in company with evildoers and associates with the wicked.
• Job 34:36 : 36 I wish that Job might be tested to the end for answering like wicked men.
• Rom 1:32 : 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things but also approve of those who practice them.
• Rev 18:4 : 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, 'Come out of her, my people, so that you do not share in her sins and so that you do not receive any of her plagues.'