Job 36:6
4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden 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 will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Read in contextPsalms 72:12–14
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Read in context2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Read in contextJob 5:15
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Read in contextExodus 22:22–24
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Read in contextPsalms 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Read in contextJob 21:7–9
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Read in contextJob 29:12–17
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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