Job 36:18

and there shall be wrath upon the impious because of the ungodliness of bribes which the unrighteous receive.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

In Context

17But thou have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold,

19Will thy cry not avail in distress, or all the forces of strength?

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Cross References

Job 33:24then [God] is gracious to him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.

Psalms 2:12Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

Psalms 49:7none can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him

Isaiah 14:6who smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath?

Romans 2:5But according to thy hardness, and thy impenitent heart, thou store up wrath to thyself in the day of wrath, and revelation, and righteous judgment of God,

Matthew Henry on Job 36:16-24

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all… Read the whole commentary →

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