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Job 36:10

"He opens their ears to instruction and discipline, And commands that they return from evil.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Repentance;   Righteous;   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Deliverance;   Disobedience;   God;   Hearing;   Obedience;   Perishing;   Poverty;   Prosperity;   Righteousness;   Service;   Wrath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Conversion;   Ear, the;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Affliction;   Discipline;   Open;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He opens their ears to correctionand tells them to repent from iniquity.
Hebrew Names Version
He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity.
King James Version
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
English Standard Version
He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity.
New Century Version
God makes them listen to his warning and commands them to change from doing evil.
New English Translation
And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil.
New American Standard Bible
"He opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from injustice.
World English Bible
He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth them that they returne fro iniquity.
Legacy Standard Bible
He opens their ear to discipline,And says that they return from wickedness.
Berean Standard Bible
He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
Contemporary English Version
then he warns them to turn back to him.
Complete Jewish Bible
He sounds a warning in their ears and orders them to repent of their evil.
Darby Translation
And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Easy-to-Read Version
He will force them to listen to his warning. He will command them to stop sinning.
George Lamsa Translation
He opens also their ears to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity.
Good News Translation
He makes them listen to his warning to turn away from evil.
Lexham English Bible
So he opens their ear to the discipline, and he commands that they return from mischief.
Literal Translation
He also opens their ear to instruction, and commands that they turn back from iniquity.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He with punyshinge and nurturinge off them, rowneth them in the eares, warneth them to leaue of from their wickednesse, and to amende.
American Standard Version
He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Bible in Basic English
Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
King James Version (1611)
He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth that they returne from iniquitie.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He with punishing and nurturing of them, roundeth them in the eares, warneth them to leaue of from their wickednesse, and to amende.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
English Revised Version
He openeth also their ear to instruction, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also he schal opene her eere, that he chastise; and he schal speke, that thei turne ayen fro wickidnesse.
Update Bible Version
He opens also their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity.
Webster's Bible Translation
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
New King James Version
He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity.
New Living Translation
He gets their attention and commands that they turn from evil.
New Life Bible
He makes them listen to teaching, and tells them to turn away from sin.
New Revised Standard
He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said - that they should turn from iniquity.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.
Revised Standard Version
He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
Young's Literal Translation
And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil.

Contextual Overview

5"Behold, God is mighty, and yet does not despise anyone [nor regard any as trivial]; He is mighty in the strength and power of understanding. 6"He does not prolong the life of the wicked, But gives the afflicted their justice. 7"He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous [those in right standing with Him]; But with kings upon the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted. 8"And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity], And held by cords of affliction, 9Then He declares to them [the true character of] their deeds And their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly [with presumption and notions of self-sufficiency]. 10"He opens their ears to instruction and discipline, And commands that they return from evil.11"If they hear and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasantness and joy. 12"But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God's destructive judgments] And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge. 13"But the godless in heart store up anger [at the divine discipline]; They do not cry [to Him] for help when He binds them [with cords of affliction]. 14"They die in youth, And their life ends among the cult prostitutes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

openeth: Job 36:15, Job 33:16-23, Psalms 40:6, Isaiah 48:8, Isaiah 48:17, Isaiah 50:5, Acts 16:14

commandeth: Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:23, Proverbs 8:4, Proverbs 8:5, Proverbs 9:4-6, Isaiah 1:16-20, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 4:3, Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 7:3-7, Ezekiel 18:30, Ezekiel 18:31, Hosea 14:1, Matthew 3:8, Acts 3:19, Acts 17:30, James 4:8

Reciprocal: Job 33:24 - Deliver

Cross-References

Genesis 36:3
and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.
Genesis 36:4
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,
Genesis 36:35
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned as his successor. The name of his [walled] city was Avith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He openeth also their ear to discipline,.... Or "to correction" o; to the rod of correction; to hear the voice of it and him that has appointed it; its reproving voice for sin, its directing voice to duty, and its commanding voice to return from iniquity, as in the next clause. Or "to instruction" p; God's corrections of his people being instructions to them, whereby they learn more of their duty, and of the rich experiences of grace; their faith, hope, love, and patience, are tried and increased hereby; and more of the love of God, of his care and faithfulness, of his covenant, of his gracious presence, and communion with God, what it is; and even of the doctrines of the everlasting Gospel: sometimes more is learned by an affliction than by a sermon. Now in order to hearken hereunto, to the voice of God in an affliction, the ear must be opened; which is first done in conversion by the mighty power of God: but sometimes good men fall asleep, and are inattentive to divine things; and this is one way God takes to awaken them, to arouse their attention; he speaks to them out of a whirlwind; he sends some terrible startling affliction, which fetches them out of their slumber, and so their ears are opened to hear what he says in it: at the noise of his waterspouts, and his billows one after another rolling over them, they are awakened to a sense of their sin and duty, Psalms 42:7;

and commandeth that they return from iniquity; repent of their sin, turn from it and forsake it: such a strong voice has an affliction in it, when sanctified and attended with the spirit and power of God; then it effectually teaches men to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, as the word of God, the Gospel of the grace of God does, when accompanied with the same; as there is a commanding voice in the one, so there is in the other; and happy it is when such ends as these are answered by afflictions.

o למוסר "ad correptionem", Montanus; "ad correctionem", Beza, Michaelis, Schultens. p "Ad eruditionem", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He openeth also their ear to discipline - To teaching; or he makes them willing to learn the lessons which their afflictions are designed to teach; coral). See the notes at Job 33:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 36:10. He openeth also their ear — He gives them to understand the reason why they are thus corrected, and commands them to return from those iniquities which have induced him to visit them with afflictions and distresses.


 
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