Job 36:5-12

Expanded Bible

⁵ “God is powerful, but he does not ·hate [disdain; reject] people;
    he is strong and ·sure of what he wants to do [^Lpowerful in understanding/heart].
⁶ He will not keep evil people alive,
    but he gives the ·poor [afflicted] their rights.
⁷ He ·always watches over [^Ldoes not withhold his eye from] those who do right;
    he sets them on thrones with kings
    and they are ·honored [exalted] forever.
⁸ If people are bound in chains,
    or if ·trouble [affliction], like ropes, ties them up,
⁹ God tells them what they have done,
    that they have sinned in their pride.
¹⁰ He ·makes them listen [^Lopens their ear] to his ·warning [instruction; discipline]
    and commands them to change from doing evil.
¹¹ If they ·obey [or listen] and serve him,
    ·the rest of their lives will be successful [^Ltheir days will finish happily],
    and the rest of their years will be ·happy [pleasant].
¹² But if they do not listen,
    they will ·die by the sword [or pass through the water channel; ^Creference to death],
    and they will die ·without knowing why [in ignorance].