Job 36:18

Job 36:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid it.

Context of Job 36:18

16Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness. 17But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee]. Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee. 19Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength! 20Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

Job 36:18 word by word

כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרָב־כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear

• wrathחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• lestפֶּן־pên · lestH6435
• greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• ransomכֹּפֶרkôpher · ransomH3724

Cross-references for Job 36:18

• Psalms 2:5Then will he speak to them in his anger, and in his fierce displeasure will he terrify them:
• Psalms 110:5The Lord at thy right hand will smite through kings in the day of his anger.
• Matthew 3:7But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?
• Romans 1:18For there is revealed wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety, and unrighteousness of men holding the truth in unrighteousness.
• Romans 2:5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in [the] day of wrath and revelation of [the] righteous judgment of God,
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
• Psalms 39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
• Isaiah 14:6He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly.
• Ezekiel 24:16Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke; yet thou shalt not mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
• Job 33:24Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
• Psalms 49:7None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,
• 1 Timothy 2:6who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony [to be rendered] in its own times;
• Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken [of] by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard;

Commentaries on Job 36:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Because there is wrath - This is a time in which God is punishing the wicked; take heed lest thou be cut off in a moment. Redeem the time; the days are evil. Then a great ransom - When he determines to destroy, who can save?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Because there is wrath - That is, the wrath of God is to be dreaded. The meaning is, that if Job persevered in the spirit which he had manifested, he had every reason to expect that God would suddenly cut him off. He might now repent and find mercy, but he had shown the spirit of those who were rebellions in affliction, and if he persevered in that, he had nothing to expect but the wrath of God. With his stroke - With his smiting or chastisement; compare…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. 1818. (Nu 16:45; Psa 49:6, 7; Mt 16:26). Even the "ransom" by Jesus Christ (Job 33:24) will be of no avail to wilful despisers (He 10:26-29). with his stroke--(Job 34:26). Umbreit translates, "Beware lest the wrath of God (thy severe calamity) lead thee to scorn" (Job 34:7; 27:23). This accords better with the verb in the parallel clause, which ought to be translated, "Let not the great ransom (of money, which thou canst give) seduce thee (Margin, turn thee…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 36:18

• Death
• Ransom
• Watchfulness

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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