Job 36:6

Job 36:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
• New International Version (NIV)He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed.

Context of Job 36:6

4For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee. 5Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding: He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted. 7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted. 8And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,

Job 36:6 word by word

לֹא־יְחַיֶּ֥ה רָשָׁ֑ע וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear

• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• aliveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• afflictedעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041

Cross-references for Job 36:6

• Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?
• Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
• Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
• 2 Peter 2:9[the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;
• Job 29:12For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
• Psalms 9:12For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
• Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
• Psalms 72:4He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
• Psalms 82:1God standeth in the assembly of God, he judgeth among the gods.
• Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
• Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
• Exodus 22:22Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
• Psalms 140:12I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.

Commentaries on Job 36:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6He preserveth not the life - He will not give life to the wicked; all such forfeit life by their transgressions. But giveth right - Justice will he give to the afflicted or humble, עניים aniyim .Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He preserveth not the life of the wicked - Elihu here maintains substantially the same sentiment which the three friends of Job had done, that the dealings of God in this life are in accordance with character, and that strict justice is thus maintained. But giveth right to the poor - Margin, “or afflicted.” The Hebrew word often refers to the afflicted, to the humble, or the lowly; and the reference here is to the “lower classes” of society. The idea is…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. 66. right ... poor--He espouses the cause of the afflicted.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