Parallel Verses

King James 2000

For he will not lay upon man more than what is right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

New American Standard Bible

“For He does not need to consider a man further,
That he should go before God in judgment.

King James Version

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Holman Bible

God does not need to examine a person further,
that one should approach Him in court.

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

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For he will not lay
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

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 what is right; that he should enter into judgment with God. 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their place.



Cross References

Psalm 119:137

[Tsadde] Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments.

Ezra 9:13

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that you our God has punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and has 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 trial.

Job 11:6

And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

Job 11:11

For he knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

Job 16:21

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

Job 23:7

There the righteous might reason with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge.

Job 34:10-12

Therefore hearken unto me, you 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 justice unto truth.

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

Daniel 9:7-9

O Lord, righteousness belongs unto you, but unto us shame of face, 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 where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.

Romans 9:20

Nay but, O man, who are you that replies against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus?

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