Christian Standard Bible
Job 36:15
15God rescues the afflicted by their affliction; he instructs them by their torment.
Job 36:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
- New International Version (NIV)But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression.
Context of Job 36:15
13Those who have a godless heart harbor anger; even when God binds them, they do not cry for help. 14They die in their youth; their life ends among male cult prostitutes. God rescues the afflicted by their affliction; he instructs them by their torment. 16Indeed, he lured you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and unconfined place. Your table was spread with choice food. 17Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:15 word by word
יְחַלֵּ֣ץ עָנִ֣י בְעָנְי֑וֹ וְיִ֖גֶל בַּלַּ֣חַץ אָזְנָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:15
- Job 36:6He does not keep the wicked alive, but he gives justice to the oppressed.
- Job 36:10He opens their ears to correction and tells them to repent from iniquity.
- 2 Chronicles 12:8However, they will become his servants so that they may recognize the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.”
Commentaries on Job 36:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15And openeth their ears in oppression - He will let them know for what end they are afflicted, and why he permits them to be oppressed. The word יגל yigel might be translated he shall make them exult, or sing with joy, in oppression; like the three Hebrews in the burning fiery furnace.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15He delivereth the poor in his affliction - Margin, “or afflicted.” This accords better with the usual meaning of the Hebrew word (עני ‛ânı̂y ) and with the connection. The inquiry was not particularly respecting the “poor,” but the “afflicted,” and the sentiment which Elihu is illustrating is, that when the afflicted call upon God he will deliver them. The object is to induce Job to make such an application to God that he might be rescued from his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 Elihu shows that Job caused the continuance of his own trouble. He cautions him not to persist in frowardness. Even good men need to be kept to their duty by the fear of God's wrath; the wisest and best have enough in them to deserve his stroke. Let not Job continue his unjust quarrel with God and his providence. And let us never dare to think favourably of sin, never indulge it, nor allow ourselves in it. Elihu thinks Job needed this…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. Same sentiment as Job 36:11, 12, expanded. hypocrites--or, the ungodly [Maurer]; but "hypocrites" is perhaps a distinct class from the openly wicked (Job 36:12). heap up wrath--of God against themselves (Ro 2:5). Umbreit translates, "nourish their wrath against God," instead of "crying" unto Him. This suits well the parallelism and the Hebrew. But the English Version gives a good parallelism, "hypocrites" answering to "cry not" (Job 27:8, 10)…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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