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the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Douay-Rheims Bible

Job 36:15

He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Poor;   The Topic Concordance - Deliverance;   God;   Hearing;   Poverty;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Poor, the;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Affliction;   Oppression;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;he instructs them by their torment.
Hebrew Names Version
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression.
King James Version
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
English Standard Version
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity.
New Century Version
But God saves those who suffer through their suffering; he gets them to listen through their pain.
New English Translation
He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.
Amplified Bible
"He rescues the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ears [so that they pay attention to His voice] in times of oppression.
New American Standard Bible
"He rescues the afflicted in their misery, And opens their ears in time of oppression.
World English Bible
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, & openeth their eare in trouble.
Legacy Standard Bible
He delivers the afflicted in their affliction,And opens their ear in time of oppression.
Berean Standard Bible
God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
Contemporary English Version
Hard times and trouble are God's way of getting our attention!
Complete Jewish Bible
"God, with his affliction, delivers the afflicted; and he gets their attention by pressing on them.
Darby Translation
But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
Easy-to-Read Version
God saves those who suffer by using their suffering. He uses their troubles to speak in a way that makes them listen.
George Lamsa Translation
But the meek shall be delivered through his meekness, and he opens their way in time of oppression.
Good News Translation
But God teaches people through suffering and uses distress to open their eyes.
Lexham English Bible
He delivers the afflicted by his misery, and he opens their ears by the adversity.
Literal Translation
He delivers the afflicted by his affliction, and He opens their ears by oppression.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The poore delyuereth he out of his straytnesse, and comforteth soch as be in necessite and trouble.
American Standard Version
He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
Bible in Basic English
He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation.
King James Version (1611)
He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eares in oppression.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The poore shall he deliuer out of his affliction, and rounde them in the eare when they be in trouble.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
English Revised Version
He delivereth the afflicted by his affliction, and openeth their ear in oppression.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He schal delyuere a pore man fro his angwisch; and he schal opene `the eere of hym in tribulacioun.
Update Bible Version
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression.
Webster's Bible Translation
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
New King James Version
He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression.
New Living Translation
But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer. For he gets their attention through adversity.
New Life Bible
He takes those who suffer out of their suffering. He speaks to them in times of trouble.
New Revised Standard
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He would deliver the humbled in his humiliation, and would uncover - in oppression - their ear.
Revised Standard Version
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity.
Young's Literal Translation
He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of oppression.

Contextual Overview

15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction. 16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness. 17 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover. 18 Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside. 19 Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength. 20 Prolong not the night that people may come up for them. 21 Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery. 22 Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers. 23 Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

delivereth: Job 36:6

poor: or, afflicted

openeth: Job 36:10, 2 Chronicles 12:8

Reciprocal: Job 33:16 - openeth Psalms 119:32 - enlarge Daniel 6:27 - delivereth

Cross-References

Genesis 36:4
And Ada bore Eliphaz: Basemath bore Rahuel.
Genesis 36:11
And Eliphaz had sons: Theman, Omar, Sepho, and Gatham and Cenez.
Genesis 36:12
And Thamna was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau: and she bore him Amalech. These are the sons of Ada, the wife of Esau.
Genesis 36:18
And these the sons of Oolibama, the wife of Esau: duke Jehus, duke Ihelon, duke Core. These are the dukes of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, and wife of Esau.
Genesis 36:35
And after his death, Adad, the son of Badad, reigned in his stead, who defeated the Madianites in the country of Boab; and the name of his city was Avith.
Genesis 36:36
And when Adad was dead, there reigned in his stead, Semla, of Masreca.
Exodus 15:15
Then were the princes of Edom troubled, trembling seized on the stout men of Moab: all the inhabitants of Chanaan became stiff.
1 Chronicles 1:45
And when Jobab also was dead, Husam of the land of the Themanites reigned in his stead.
Job 2:11
Now when Job’s three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz, the Themanite, and Baldad, the Suhite, and Sophar, the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment to come together and visit him, and comfort him.
Job 4:1
Then Eliphaz, the Themanite, answered, and said:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He delivereth the poor in his affliction,.... The righteous or godly poor; who are not only poor in worldly things, but poor in spirit; who are humbled, brought low, and made contrite, through the afflicting hand of God: these, though the Lord does sooner or later deliver "out" of their afflictions, yet that is not intended here, but a deliverance "in" them; which is done by supporting them under them, by supplying them with his grace to bear them patiently, by granting them his gracious presence for their comfort in them, by stilling the enemy and the avenger, keeping Satan from disturbing them, and freeing them from doubts and fears and unbelief, and by drawing their hearts and affections off of the world, and the things of it, to himself;

and openeth their ears in oppression; while they are oppressed; not only to discipline, correction, and instruction, Job 36:10; but to hear comfortable words spoken, to them by the Lord; who, in the midst of their affliction and oppression, whispers in their ears, and tells them how he loves them, though they are rebuked and chastened by him; how he has chosen them to everlasting life and happiness, though now in the furnace of affliction; that he is their covenant God and Father, and knows and owns their souls in adversity that he has pardoned all their sins, though he takes vengeance on their inventions; and in a little time will free them from all their afflictions and oppressions.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He delivereth the poor in his affliction - Margin, “or afflicted.” This accords better with the usual meaning of the Hebrew word (עני ânı̂y) and with the connection. The inquiry was not particularly respecting the “poor,” but the “afflicted,” and the sentiment which Elihu is illustrating is, that when the afflicted call upon God he will deliver them. The object is to induce Job to make such an application to God that he might be rescued from his calamities, and be permitted yet to enjoy life and happiness.

And openeth their ears - Causes them to understand the nature of his government, and the reasons why he visits them in this manner: compare Job 33:16, Job 33:23-27. The sentiment here is a mere repetition of what Elihu had more than once before advanced. It is his leading thought; the “principle” on which he undertakes to explain the reason why God afflicts people, and by which he proposes to remove the difference between Job and his friends.

In oppression - This word expresses too much. It refers to God, and implies that there was something oppressive, harsh, or cruel in his dealings. This is not the idea of Elihu in the language which he uses. The word which he uses here (לחץ lachats) means “that which crushes”; then straits, distress. affliction. Jerome, “in tribulatione.” The word “affliction” would express the thought.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 36:15. And openeth their ears in oppression. — He will let them know for what end they are afflicted, and why he permits them to be oppressed. The word יגל yigel might be translated he shall make them exult, or sing with joy, in oppression; like the three Hebrews in the burning fiery furnace.


 
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