Job 36:5-12

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁵ Yes, God is mighty, but he does not despise people.
He is mighty and has great understanding.^[a]
6 He does not keep a wicked man alive,
but he does give justice to the oppressed.
⁷ He does not turn his eyes away from the righteous.
He seats them on thrones with kings
and exalts them forever.
⁸ But if people are bound in chains,
and they are held captive by cords of affliction,
⁹ he declares to them what they have done—
how arrogantly they have committed rebellious deeds.
¹⁰ He opens their ears to accept discipline,^[b]
and he tells them to turn back from wickedness.
¹¹ If they listen and serve him,
they will complete their days in prosperity,
and their years will end in pleasure.
¹² But if they do not listen,
they will be overwhelmed by a stream.^[c]
They will breathe their last without knowledge.