English Standard Version
Job 36:9
9then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He tells them their work and their transgressions— That they have acted defiantly.
- New Living Translation (NLT)he shows them the reason. He shows them their sins of pride.
Context of Job 36:9
7He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted. 8And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction, then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. 10He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity. 11If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.
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וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לָהֶ֣ם פָּעֳלָ֑ם וּ֝פִשְׁעֵיהֶ֗ם כִּ֣י יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:9
- Job 10:2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
- Deuteronomy 4:21Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon.
- Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law,
- Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.
- Lamentations 3:39Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
- Luke 15:17"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
- 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
- Psalms 5:10Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.
- Isaiah 59:12For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:
- Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
- Romans 5:20Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
- 1 Timothy 1:15The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
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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