Tree of Life Version
Job 36:10
10And He opens their ear to instruction, and commands that they turn from evil.
Job 36:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
- New International Version (NIV)He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity.
Context of Job 36:10
8But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by cords of affliction, 9then He declares to them their deed that they have transgressed arrogantly. And He opens their ear to instruction, and commands that they turn from evil. 11If they obey and serve, they will end their days in prosperity, and their years in happiness. 12But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.
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וַיִּ֣גֶל אָ֭זְנָם לַמּוּסָ֑ר וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־יְשֻׁב֥וּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 36:10
- Job 36:15He delivers the afflicted by his affliction and opens their ear in oppression.
- Job 33:16Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction,
- Psalms 40:6Many things You have done, Adonai my God —Your plans for us are wonderful— there is none to be compared to You! If I were to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to count!
- Isaiah 48:8You have not heard; you never knew; even from long ago your ear has not been open. For I knew that you are treacherous, and from birth were called a rebel.
- Isaiah 50:5Adonai Elohim has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn back.
- Acts 16:14A woman named Lydia—a seller of purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearer—was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:4“To you, O men, I call out! My cry is to all mankind!
- Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is naïve, turn in here!” To those who lack understanding, she says:
- Isaiah 1:16“Wash and make yourselves clean. Put away the evil of your deeds from before My eyes. Cease to do evil.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek Adonai while He may be found, call on Him while He is near.
- Jeremiah 4:3Thus says Adonai to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.
- Jeremiah 7:3Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel; mend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
- Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each one according to his ways.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “Return, and turn away from all your transgressions, so they would not be a stumbling block of iniquity for you.
- Hosea 14:1Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.
- Matthew 3:8Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance;
Commentaries on Job 36:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He openeth also their ear - He gives them to understand the reason why they are thus corrected, and commands them to return from those iniquities which have induced him to visit them with afflictions and distresses.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He openeth also their ear to discipline - To teaching; or he makes them willing to learn the lessons which their afflictions are designed to teach; coral). See the notes at Job 33:16.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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