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“Behold, God is mighty and despises no one;
    He is mighty in strength and wisdom.
He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
    but gives justice to the poor.
He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
    but they are on the throne with kings,
    for He establishes them forever, and they are exalted.
If they are bound in chains
    and held in cords of affliction,
then He shows them their work,
    and their transgressions that they have exceeded;
10 and He opens their ear to discipline,
    and commands that they turn from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve Him,
    they will spend their days in prosperity
    and their years in pleasures.
12 But if they do not obey,
    they will perish by the sword,
    and they will die without knowledge.

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Look, God is mighty but[a] does not despise anyone;
he is mighty and good in understanding.[b]
He does not keep the wicked alive
but[c] grants justice to the afflicted.
He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous,
but[d] he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.
“And if they are tied up with fetters,
if they are caught in the cords of misery,
then[e] he declares their work to them,
and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
10 So[f] he opens their ear to the discipline,
and he commands that they return from mischief.
11 If they listen and serve him,
they complete their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.
12 But[g] if they do not listen, they perish by the sword,
and they pass away without knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:5 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 36:5 Literally “strength of heart”
  3. Job 36:6 Hebrew “and”
  4. Job 36:7 Hebrew “and”
  5. Job 36:9 Hebrew “and”
  6. Job 36:10 Hebrew “And”
  7. Job 36:12 Hebrew “And”