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King James Version

Job 36:6

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right 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

New Living Translation
He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted.
English Revised Version
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth to the afflicted their right.
Update Bible Version
He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to 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.
Webster's Bible Translation
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
World English Bible
He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.
Amplified Bible
"He does not prolong the life of the wicked, But gives the afflicted their justice.
English Standard Version
He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but he saueth not wickid men, and he yyueth dom to pore men.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the vngodly, he preserueth the not but helpeth the poore to their right.
New American Standard Bible
"He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.
New King James Version
He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.
Legacy Standard Bible
He does not keep the wicked alive,But gives justice to the afflicted.

Contextual Overview

5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. 6 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; 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. 10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. 11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. 14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

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
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis 13:6
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis 25:23
And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis 28:4
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Ezekiel 27:13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
Revelation 18:13
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

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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