Parallel Verses
King James Version
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
New American Standard Bible
That he should go before God in judgment.
Holman Bible
that one should
International Standard Version
He won't examine mankind further, that they would go before God to judgment.
A Conservative Version
For he needs no further to consider a man, that he should go before God in judgment.
American Standard Version
For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
Amplified
“For He sets no appointed time for a man,
That he should appear before Him in judgment.
Bible in Basic English
For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
Darby Translation
For he doth not long consider a man, to bring him before God in judgment.
Julia Smith Translation
For he will not yet set upon man to go to God in judgment
King James 2000
For he will not lay upon man more than what is right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, he has not yet appointed [a time] for man to go to God in the judgment.
Modern King James verseion
For He does not still impose on man to go before God in judgment.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For no man shall be suffered to go into judgment with God.
NET Bible
For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.
New Heart English Bible
For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
The Emphasized Bible
For, unto no man, doth he appoint a repetition, - in going unto GOD in judgment;
Webster
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
World English Bible
For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
Youngs Literal Translation
For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 34:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Asserts God's Justice
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
Cross References
Psalm 119:137
TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Ezra 9:13
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
Job 9:32-33
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
Job 11:6
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 11:11
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job 16:21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Job 23:7
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Job 34:10-12
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Isaiah 42:3
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Daniel 9:7-9
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Romans 9:20
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?