Job 36:8-18

8 But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
9 he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly.
10 He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
11 If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
12 But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword[a]and die without knowledge.
13 “The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
14 They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
15 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
16 “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

Cross References 29

  • 1. S 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Kings 23:33; Psalms 107:10,14
  • 2. ver 10,15,21; Psalms 119:67,71
  • 3. S Job 15:25
  • 4. S Job 33:16
  • 5. S Job 5:17
  • 6. S ver 8; S Judges 6:8; S Job 34:33; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; 2 Kings 17:13
  • 7. S Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:1; Isaiah 1:19; Haggai 1:12
  • 8. S Deuteronomy 30:15; S Job 8:7
  • 9. S Exodus 8:22; S Deuteronomy 8:1; John 14:21; 1 Timothy 4:8
  • 10. S Leviticus 26:38; S Job 15:22
  • 11. S Job 4:21; Ephesians 4:18
  • 12. S Job 15:12; Romans 2:5
  • 13. S Job 5:2
  • 14. S Job 4:17; Amos 4:11
  • 15. S Job 15:32
  • 16. S Deuteronomy 23:17
  • 17. S Job 5:15
  • 18. 2 Corinthians 12:10
  • 19. S Job 33:16
  • 20. S ver 8; S Job 34:33
  • 21. Hosea 2:14
  • 22. S 2 Samuel 22:20; Psalms 18:19
  • 23. Psalms 118:5
  • 24. Psalms 23:5; Psalms 78:19
  • 25. S Genesis 17:1; S Job 15:11
  • 26. S Job 20:29
  • 27. Job 22:11
  • 28. S Exodus 23:8; Amos 5:12
  • 29. S Job 34:33

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "will cross the river"
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