Job 36:8

And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty :

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

In Context

7He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.

9He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.

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Cross References

Job 19:6At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.

Psalms 18:5The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

Psalms 116:3dummy verses inserted by amos

Lamentations 3:9Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.

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 →

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