New King James Version
Job 36:15
15He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression.
Job 36:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
- New International Version (NIV)But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer. For he gets their attention through adversity.
Context of Job 36:15
13“But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them. 14They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons. He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression. 16“Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness. 17But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:15 word by word
יְחַלֵּ֣ץ עָנִ֣י בְעָנְי֑וֹ וְיִ֖גֶל בַּלַּ֣חַץ אָזְנָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:15
- Job 36:6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed.
- Job 36:10He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity.
- 2 Chronicles 12:8Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may distinguish My service from the service of the kingdoms of the nations.”
Commentaries on Job 36:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15And openeth their ears in oppression - He will let them know for what end they are afflicted, and why he permits them to be oppressed. The word יגל yigel might be translated he shall make them exult, or sing with joy, in oppression; like the three Hebrews in the burning fiery furnace.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15He delivereth the poor in his affliction - Margin, “or afflicted.” This accords better with the usual meaning of the Hebrew word (עני ‛ânı̂y ) and with the connection. The inquiry was not particularly respecting the “poor,” but the “afflicted,” and the sentiment which Elihu is illustrating is, that when the afflicted call upon God he will deliver them. The object is to induce Job to make such an application to God that he might be rescued from his…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. 13-1513-15. Same sentiment as Job 36:11, 12, expanded. hypocrites--or, the ungodly [Maurer]; but "hypocrites" is perhaps a distinct class from the openly wicked (Job 36:12). heap up wrath--of God against themselves (Ro 2:5). Umbreit translates, "nourish their wrath against God," instead of "crying" unto Him. This suits well the parallelism and the Hebrew. But the English Version gives a good parallelism, "hypocrites" answering to "cry not" (Job 27:8, 10)…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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