11 He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves.
11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
11 For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
11 He makes us pay for exactly what we've done - no more, no less. Our chickens always come home to roost.
11 For He repays man according to his work, And makes man to find a reward according to his way.
11 He repays people according to their deeds. He treats people as they deserve.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 34:11
Commentary on Job 34:10-15
(Read Job 34:10-15)
Elihu had showed Job, that God meant him no hurt by afflicting him, but intended his spiritual benefit. Here he shows, that God did him no wrong by afflicting him. If the former did not satisfy him, this ought to silence him. God cannot do wickedness, nor the Almighty commit wrong. If services now go unrewarded, and sins now go unpunished, yet there is a day coming, when God will fully render to every man according to his works. Further, though the believer's final condemnation is done away through the Saviour's ransom, yet he has merited worse than any outward afflictions; so that no wrong is done to him, however he may be tried.