Job 34:23
23 God has no need to examine people further, that they should come before him for judgment.
Other Translations of Job 34:23
King James Version
23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter
English Standard Version
23 For God
The Message
23 God doesn't need to gather any more evidence; their sin is an open-and-shut case.
New King James Version
23 For He need not further consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
New Living Translation
23 We don't set the time when we will come before God in judgment.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 34:23
Commentary on Job 34:16-30
(Read Job 34:16-30)
Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumption to condemn God's proceedings, as Job had done by his discontents. Elihu suggests divers considerations to Job, to produce in him high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him to submit. Job had often wished to plead his cause before God. Elihu asks, To what purpose? All is well that God does, and will be found so. What can make those uneasy, whose souls dwell at ease in God? The smiles of all the world cannot quiet those on whom God frowns.