Job 36:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 16:5 : 5 But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
  • Job 22:11 : 11 why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
  • Job 34:8 : 8 He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men.
  • Job 34:36 : 36 But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them 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 you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues,

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