Job 36:7
He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but he sets them forever with kings upon the throne, and they are exalted.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted [their] right.
8And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of afflictions,
Cross References
Genesis 23:6Hear us, my lord. Thou are a prince of God among us. Bury thy dead in our choice sepulchers. None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou may bury thy dead.
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
2 Samuel 7:16And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure forever before thee; thy throne shall be established forever.
Esther 10:3For Mordecai the Jew was next to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Job 42:12So LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.
Psalms 33:18Behold, the eye of LORD is upon those who fear him, upon those who hope in his loving kindness,
Matthew Henry on Job 36:6-15
5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. 8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; 9 Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. 10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and… Read the whole commentary →