New King James Version
Job 36:18
18Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid it.
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 Living Translation (NLT)But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth. Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.
Context of Job 36:18
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. Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid it. 19Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress? 20Do not desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.
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 shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure:
- Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
- Romans 2:5But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
- Psalms 39:10Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
- Isaiah 14:6He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He who ruled the nations in anger, Is persecuted and no one hinders.
- Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.
- Job 33:24Then He is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom’;
- Psalms 49:7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him—
- 1 Timothy 2:6who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
- Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by 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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