New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 36:10
Job 36:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
- New International Version (NIV)He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity.
Context of Job 36:10
8And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction, 9Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves. He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil. 11If they hear and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasures. 12But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword And they will die without knowledge.
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וַיִּ֣גֶל אָ֭זְנָם לַמּוּסָ֑ר וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־יְשֻׁב֥וּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 36:10
- Job 36:15He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of oppression.
- Job 33:16Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,
- Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
- Isaiah 48:8You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth.
- Isaiah 50:5The Lord God has opened My ear; And I was not disobedient Nor did I turn back.
- Acts 16:14A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:4“To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men.
- Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks understanding she says,
- Isaiah 1:16“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil,
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.
- Jeremiah 4:3For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns.
- Jeremiah 7:3Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.
- Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.
- Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
- Matthew 3:8Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;
Commentaries on Job 36:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He openeth also their ear - He gives them to understand the reason why they are thus corrected, and commands them to return from those iniquities which have induced him to visit them with afflictions and distresses.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He openeth also their ear to discipline - To teaching; or he makes them willing to learn the lessons which their afflictions are designed to teach; coral). See the notes at Job 33:16.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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