Christian Standard Bible
Job 36:21
21Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity, for that is why you have been tested by affliction.
Job 36:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
- New International Version (NIV)Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, For you have chosen this rather than affliction.
Context of Job 36:21
19Can your wealth or all your physical exertion keep you from distress? 20Do not long for the night when nations will disappear from their places. Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity, for that is why you have been tested by affliction. 22Look, God shows himself exalted by his power. Who is a teacher like him? 23Who has appointed his way for him, and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?
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הִ֭שָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּ֣פֶן אֶל־אָ֑וֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶ֝֗ה בָּחַ֥רְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:21
- Psalms 66:18If I had been aware of malice in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- Ezekiel 14:4“Therefore, speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: When anyone from the house of Israel sets up idols in his heart and puts his sinful stumbling block in front of himself, and then comes to the prophet, I, the Lord, will answer him appropriately. I will answer him according to his many idols,
- Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- Job 34:7What man is like Job? He drinks derision like water.
- Job 35:3For you ask, “What does it profit you, and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”
- Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we don’t need to give you an answer to this question.
- Daniel 6:10When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upstairs room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
- Matthew 13:21But he has no root and is short-lived. When distress or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
- Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
- Acts 5:40After they called in the apostles and had them flogged, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.
- Hebrews 11:25and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.
- 1 Peter 3:17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
- 1 Peter 4:15Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.
Commentaries on Job 36:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Regard not iniquity - It is sinful to entertain such wishes; it is an insult to the providence of God. He sends affliction; he knows this to be best for thee: but thou hast preferred death to affliction, thereby setting thy wisdom against the wisdom of God. Many in affliction, long for death; and yet they are not prepared to appear before God! What madness is this! If he takes them at their wish, they are ruined for ever. Affliction may be the means of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Take heed, regard not iniquity - That is, be cautious that in the view which you take of the divine government, and the sentiments which you express, you do not become the advocate of iniquity. Elihu apprehended this from the remarks in which he had indulged, and regarded him as having become the advocate of the same sentiments which the wicked held, and as in fact manifesting the same spirit. It is well to put a man who is afflicted on his guard against…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. 2121. regard--literally, "turn thyself to." iniquity--namely, presumptuous speaking against God (Job 34:5, and above, see on Job 36:17, 18). rather than--to bear "affliction" with pious patience. Men think it an alleviation to complain against God, but this is adding sin to sorrow; it is sin, not sorrow, which can really hurt us (contrast He 11:25).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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