New English Translation
Job 36:18
18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
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
16And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food. 17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you. Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. 19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts? 20Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:18 word by word
כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרָב־כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 36:18
- Psalms 2:5Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying,
- Psalms 110:5O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,
- Romans 2:5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!
- Ephesians 5:6Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.
- Psalms 39:10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
- Isaiah 14:6It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint.
- Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.
- Job 33:24and if God is gracious to him and says, ‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’
- Psalms 49:7Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price
- 1 Timothy 2:6who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time.
- Hebrews 2:3how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
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
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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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