Tree of Life Version
Job 36:8
8But if they are bound in chains, and held captive 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;
- New International Version (NIV)But if people are bound in chains, held fast by 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,
Context of Job 36:8
6He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives justice to the afflicted. 7He does not take His eyes from the righteous, but enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. But 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. 10And He opens their ear to instruction, and commands that they turn from 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 put my feet in shackles and watch all my paths; You put marks on the soles of my feet.
- Job 19:6then know that God has wronged me and encircled me with His net.
- Job 33:18He spares his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Psalms 18:5Cords of death entangled me. Torrents of Belial overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and deep gloom, prisoners in misery and iron chains,
- Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me, and the torments of Sheol found me. I found trouble and sorrow.
- Lamentations 3:9He walled in my ways with hewn stone. He twisted my paths.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man will ensnare him. The cords of his sin will hold him down.
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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