King James Version

Job 36:17

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

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וְדִיןvedinand judgementדִּיןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and judgement”, the ordinary formH1779judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strifecause, judgement, plea, strife.רָשָׁ֥עrashaguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.מָלֵ֑אתָmaletabe at an endמָלֵאverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…דִּ֖יןdinjudgementדִּיןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “judgement”, the ordinary formH1779judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strifecause, judgement, plea, strife.וּמִשְׁפָּ֣טumishpatand lawמִשְׁפָּטconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…יִתְמֹֽכוּyitmokhvholdתָּמַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “hold”, an unfinished actionH8551to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close(take, up-) hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee .

Young’s Literal Translation

And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,

World English Bible

“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

Darby Translation

But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

Douay-Rheims

Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

there is a deep gulf and a rushing stream beneath it, and thy table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐχ ὑστερήσει δὲ ἀπὸ δικαίων κρίμα,