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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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  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 is mighty,(A) but despises no one;(B)
    he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.(C)
He does not keep the wicked alive(D)
    but gives the afflicted their rights.(E)
He does not take his eyes off the righteous;(F)
    he enthrones them with kings(G)
    and exalts them forever.(H)
But if people are bound in chains,(I)
    held fast by cords of affliction,(J)
he tells them what they have done—
    that they have sinned arrogantly.(K)
10 He makes them listen(L) to correction(M)
    and commands them to repent of their evil.(N)
11 If they obey and serve him,(O)
    they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity(P)
    and their years in contentment.(Q)
12 But if they do not listen,
    they will perish by the sword[a](R)
    and die without knowledge.(S)

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  1. Job 36:12 Or will cross the river