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Job 36:6

He will not let evil people live. He brings justice to the poor.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Poor;   Thompson Chain Reference - Needy, the;   Poor, the;   Poverty-Riches;   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Deliverance;   Disobedience;   Exaltation;   God;   Government;   Hearing;   Life;   Obedience;   Perishing;   Poverty;   Preservation;   Prosperity;   Righteousness;   Service;   Throne;   Wickedness;   Wrath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Life, Natural;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elihu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He does not keep the wicked alive,but he gives justice to the oppressed.
Hebrew Names Version
He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.
King James Version
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
English Standard Version
He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
New Century Version
He will not keep evil people alive, but he gives the poor their rights.
New English Translation
He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.
Amplified Bible
"He does not prolong the life of the wicked, But gives the afflicted their justice.
New American Standard Bible
"He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.
World English Bible
He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.
Legacy Standard Bible
He does not keep the wicked alive,But gives justice to the afflicted.
Berean Standard Bible
He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
Contemporary English Version
The wicked are cut down, and those who are wronged receive justice.
Complete Jewish Bible
He does not preserve the lives of the wicked, but he gives justice to the poor.
Darby Translation
He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
George Lamsa Translation
He does not preserve the life of the wicked; but gives justice to the poor.
Good News Translation
He does not let sinners live on, and he always treats the poor with justice.
Lexham English Bible
He does not keep the wicked alive but grants justice to the afflicted.
Literal Translation
He will not keep the wicked alive, but He gives justice to the afflicted.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the vngodly, he preserueth the not but helpeth the poore to their right.
American Standard Version
He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.
Bible in Basic English
His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right.
King James Version (1611)
He preserueth not the life of the wicked: but giueth right to the poore.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As for the vngodly he shall not preserue him, but shall helpe the poore to their right.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
English Revised Version
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth to the afflicted their right.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but he saueth not wickid men, and he yyueth dom to pore men.
Update Bible Version
He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted [their] right.
Webster's Bible Translation
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
New King James Version
He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed.
New Living Translation
He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted.
New Life Bible
He does not keep the sinful alive, but gives what is right and fair to those who are troubled.
New Revised Standard
He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.
Revised Standard Version
He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
Young's Literal Translation
He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.

Contextual Overview

5 "God is very powerful, but he does not hate people. He is very powerful, but he is also very wise. 6 He will not let evil people live. He brings justice to the poor. 7 He watches over those who live right. He lets them rule in high places. 8 So if people are punished, if they are tied with chains and ropes, they did something wrong. 9 And God will tell them what they did, that they sinned and were proud. 10 He will force them to listen to his warning. He will command them to stop sinning. 11 If they serve and obey him, he will make them successful and they will live a happy life. 12 But if they refuse to obey him, they will be destroyed. They will die like fools. 13 "People who don't care about God are always bitter. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to pray to him for help. 14 They will die while they are still young, like the male prostitutes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

preserveth: Job 21:7-9, Job 21:30, Psalms 55:23, Jeremiah 12:1, Jeremiah 12:2, 2 Peter 2:9

giveth: Job 29:12-17, Psalms 9:12, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 72:4, Psalms 72:12-14, Psalms 82:1-4, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Isaiah 11:4

poor: or, afflicted, Exodus 22:22-24, Psalms 140:12

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:8 - set them Job 36:15 - delivereth Psalms 113:7 - needy

Cross-References

Genesis 12:5
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the slaves, and all the other things he had gotten in Haran. Then he and his group moved to the land of Canaan.
Genesis 13:6
Abram and Lot had so many animals that the land could not support both of them together.
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose to live in the Jordan Valley. The two men separated, and Lot began traveling east.
Genesis 17:8
And I will give this land to you and to all your descendants. I will give you the land you are traveling through—the land of Canaan. I will give you this land forever, and I will be your God."
Genesis 25:23
The Lord said to her, "The leaders of two nations are in your body. Two nations will come from you, and they will be divided. One of them will be stronger, and the older will serve the younger."
Genesis 28:4
and that God will bless you and your children the same way he blessed Abraham. And I pray that you will own the land where you live. This is the land God gave to Abraham."
Genesis 32:3
Jacob's brother Esau was living in the area called Seir in the hill country of Edom. Jacob sent messengers to Esau.
Ezekiel 27:13
People in Greece, Turkey, and the area around the Black Sea traded with you. They traded slaves and bronze for the things you sold.
Revelation 18:13
They also sell cinnamon, spice, incense, frankincense, myrrh, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, and slaves—yes, even human lives. The merchants will cry and say,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He preserveth not the life of the wicked,.... He makes a difference between wicked and righteous men, which shows him to be a holy and righteous God; though he preserves the life of all men so long as they live, yet not in the same way; he preserves the lives of wicked men in the common course of his providence, but not in a special way and manner, as he does the lives of the righteous, which are dear and precious to him; nor does he preserve to any great length such as are notorious sinners, who are guilty of capital crimes, as murder, c. their lives are shortened, and they do not live out half their days: or he does not quicken them, bestow his spiritual favour upon them, in which only is life and though they will be quickened and raised at the last day, as well as the righteous, yet not to the resurrection of life, but to the resurrection of damnation;

but giveth right to the poor; pleads their cause and rights their wrongs, administers justice to them, especially to the poor in spirit, who hunger and thirst after righteousness; to these he gives freely the righteousness of his son, which only denominates persons truly righteous: of whom in Job 36:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He preserveth not the life of the wicked - Elihu here maintains substantially the same sentiment which the three friends of Job had done, that the dealings of God in this life are in accordance with character, and that strict justice is thus maintained.

But giveth right to the poor - Margin, “or afflicted.” The Hebrew word often refers to the afflicted, to the humble, or the lowly; and the reference here is to the “lower classes” of society. The idea is, that God deals justly with them, and does not overlook them because they are so poor and feeble that they cannot contribute anything to him. In this sentiment Elihu was undoubtedly right, though, like the three friends of Job, he seems to have adopted the principle that the dealings of God here are according to the “characters” of people. He had some views in advance of theirs. He saw that affliction is designed for “discipline” Job 33:0; that God is willing to show mercy to the sufferer on repentance; that he is not dependent upon human beings, and that his dealings “cannot” be graduated by any reference to what he would receive or suffer from people; but still he clung to the idea that the dealings of God here are a proof of the character of the afflicted. What was mysterious about it he resolved into sovereignty, and showed that man “ought” to be submissive to God, and to “believe” that he was qualified to govern. He lacked the views which Christianity has furnished, that the inequalities that appear in the divine dealings here will be made clear in the retributions of another world.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 36:6. He preserveth not the life — He will not give life to the wicked; all such forfeit life by their transgressions.

But giveth right — Justice will he give to the afflicted or humble, עניים aniyim.


 
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