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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”

God Disciplines

“Indeed God is mighty and he doesn’t show disrespect;
    he is mighty and strong of heart.
He doesn’t let the wicked live;
    he grants justice to the afflicted.
He won’t stop looking at righteous people;
    he seats them on thrones with kings forever,
        and they are exalted.

“If they’re bound in chains,
    caught in ropes of affliction,
he’ll reveal their actions to them,
    when their transgressions have become excessive.
10 He opens their ears and instructs them,
    commanding them to repent from evil.
11 If they listen and serve him,[a]
    they’ll finish[b] their lives in prosperity
        and their years will be pleasant.

12 “But if they won’t listen,
    they’ll perish[c] by the sword
        and die in their ignorance.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:11 The Heb. lacks him
  2. Job 36:11 Or finish
  3. Job 36:12 Lit. by the sword they’ll pass through