American Standard Version
Job 36:9
9Then he showeth them their work,And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
Job 36:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
- New International Version (NIV)he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly.
- English Standard Version (ESV)then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He tells them their work and their transgressions— That they have acted defiantly.
Context of Job 36:9
7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. 8And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction; Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. 10He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity. 11If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
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וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לָהֶ֣ם פָּעֳלָ֑ם וּ֝פִשְׁעֵיהֶ֗ם כִּ֣י יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 36:9
- Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
- Deuteronomy 4:21Furthermore Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
- 2 Chronicles 33:11Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
- Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
- Lamentations 3:39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
- Luke 15:17But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!
- 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
- Psalms 5:10Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.
- Isaiah 59:12For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
- Ezekiel 18:28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- Romans 5:20And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:
- 1 Timothy 1:15Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:
Commentaries on Job 36:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He showeth them their work - He shows them the exceeding sinfulness of sin. That they have exceeded - יתגברו yithgabbaru, "that they have strengthened themselves," and did not trust in the living God; and therefore they would not help themselves when trouble came.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Then he showeth them their work - What their lives have been. This he does either by a messenger sent to them Job 33:23, or by their own reflections Job 33:27, or by the influences of his Spirit leading them to a proper review of their lives. The object of their affliction, Elihu says, is to bring them to see what their conduct has been, and to reform what has been amiss. It should not be interpreted either as proof that the afflicted are eminently…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to dispose our hearts to be taught: affliction makes people willing to learn, through the grace of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-108-10. If they be afflicted, it is no proof that they are hypocrites, as the friends maintain, or that God disregards them, and is indifferent whether men are good or bad, as Job asserts: God is thereby "disciplining them," and "showing them their sins," and if they bow in a right spirit under God's visiting hand, the greatest blessings ensue.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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