Job 36:15
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
- KJV
- He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
- WEB
- He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
- ASV
- He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
- DARBY
- But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
- BLB
- He rescues the afflicted one by his affliction, and uncovers their ear by oppression.
- ÅB
- Han frelser de ulykkelige ved deres ulykke og åpner deres øre ved trengselen.
- OTB
- Han redder de lidende i deres elendighet
og åpner deres ører i tider med undertrykkelse. - B1930
- Han frelser de ulykkelige ved deres ulykke og åpner deres øre ved trengselen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 36:10
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
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