Job 36:6
4 For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
8 And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
- KJV
- He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
- WEB
- He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
- ASV
- He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.
- DARBY
- He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
- BLB
- He does not keep the wicked alive, and He gives justice to the afflicted.
- ÅB
- Han lar ikke en ugudelig leve, og de undertrykte hjelper han til deres rett.
- OTB
- Han bevarer ikke de onde,
men støtter de lidendes rettigheter. - B1930
- Han lar ikke en ugudelig leve, og de undertrykte hjelper han til deres rett.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 140:12
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
Read in contextPsalms 72:12–14
For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Read in context2 Peter 2:9
if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Read in contextJob 5:15
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
Read in contextExodus 22:22–24
You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
Read in contextPsalms 72:4
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
Read in contextJob 21:7–9
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Read in contextJob 29:12–17
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Read in context