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Job 36:6

"He does not prolong the life of the wicked, But gives the afflicted their justice.

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.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
He will not let evil people live. He brings justice to the poor.
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"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

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
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had acquired, and the people (servants) which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
Genesis 13:6
Now the land was not able to support them [that is, sustain all their grazing and water needs] while they lived near one another, for their possessions were too great for them to stay together.
Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and he traveled east. So they separated from each other.
Genesis 17:8
"I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger [moving from place to place], all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession [of property]; and I will be their God."
Genesis 25:23
The LORD said to her, "[The founders of] two nations are in your womb; And the separation of two nations has begun in your body; The one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger."
Genesis 28:4
"May He also give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants with you, that you may inherit the [promised] land of your sojournings, which He gave to Abraham."
Genesis 32:3
Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Ezekiel 27:13
"Javan (Greece), Tubal and Meshech (Asia Minor) traded with you; with the lives of men [taken as slaves] and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.
Revelation 18:13
and cinnamon and spices and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat; of cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and carriages; and of slaves and human lives.

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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