Job 34:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Thou art wicked; or, Thou art Belial, or a son of Belial. Though a king may really be unjust and wicked, yet their subjects neither may nor dare presume to call them so, Exodus 22:28. And therefore if some evil thought did arise in thee, yet how wast thou not afraid to utter such unworthy and almost blasphemous expressions against God?

Job 34:18

18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?