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Job 36:8
8But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
Job 36:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
- English Standard Version (ESV)And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of affliction,
- New Living Translation (NLT)If they are bound in chains and caught up in a web of trouble,
Context of Job 36:8
6He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights. 7He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction, 9he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly. 10He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
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וְאִם־אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּזִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:8
- Job 13:27You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.
- Job 19:6then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
- Job 33:18to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword.
- Psalms 18:5The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
- Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
- Psalms 116:3The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
- Lamentations 3:9He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked.
- Proverbs 5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.
Commentaries on Job 36:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8And if they be bound in fetters - These are means which God uses, not of punishment, but of correction.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And if they be bound in fetters - That is, if the righteous are thrown into prison, and are subjected to oppressions and trials, or if they are chained down, as it were, on a bed of pain, or crushed by heavy calamities, the eye of God is still upon them. Their sufferings should not be regarded either as proof that they are hypocrites, or that God is regardless of them, and is indifferent whether people are good or evil. The true solution of the difficulty…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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