New Living Translation
Job 36:18
18But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth. Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.
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
16“God is leading you away from danger, Job, to a place free from distress. He is setting your table with the best food. 17But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged. Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld. But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth. Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin. 19Could all your wealth or all your mighty efforts keep you from distress? 20Do not long for the cover of night, for that is when people will be destroyed.
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 in anger he rebukes them, terrifying them with his fierce fury.
- Psalms 110:5The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you. He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?
- Romans 1:18But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
- Romans 2:5But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Ephesians 5:6Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.
- Psalms 39:10But please stop striking me! I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.
- Isaiah 14:6You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny.
- Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, with one blow I will take away your dearest treasure. Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. Do not weep; let there be no tears.
- Job 33:24he will be gracious and say, ‘Rescue him from the grave, for I have found a ransom for his life.’
- Psalms 49:7Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.
- 1 Timothy 2:6He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.
- Hebrews 2:3So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?
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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