Job 36:20

And draw not forth all the mighty men by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

In Context

19Let not thy mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.

21But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou hast made choice because of poverty.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:29And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharao that sat on the throne, to the first-born of the captive-maid in the dungeon, and the first-born of all cattle.

Job 3:20For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to the souls which are in griefs?

Job 7:15Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet keep my bones from death.

Job 17:13For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness.

Job 34:25Who discovers their works, and will bring night about upon them, and they shall be brought low.

Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour it out upon the earth: and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.

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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