Job 36:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 36:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 36:17 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. take...: or, should uphold t..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 36:17 — KJV
“But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. take...: or, should uphold thee”
— Job 36:17 (KJV)
Job 36:17 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 36:17
“But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?”
Shares key themes with Job 36:17: hast, wicked, take
“Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.”
Shares key themes with Job 36:17: judgment, justice, take
“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”
Shares key themes with Job 36:17: judgment, justice, hold
“Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:”
Shares key themes with Job 36:17: hast, take, hold
“But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. a man's...: Heb. married to an husband”
Shares key themes with Job 36:17: hast, take, hold
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