Job 36:21
But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou hast made choice because of poverty.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
In Context
20And draw not forth all the mighty men by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
22Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
Cross References
Job 34:7What man is as Job, drinking scorning like water?
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 →