Job 36:15

He delivereth the afflicted through his affliction, and openeth through oppression his ear.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

In Context

14Their soul will die in youth, and their life, among the incestuous.

16And also thee hath he incited away from the jaws of distress into a wide space, on the site of which there is no straitness; and what is set on thy table is full of fatness.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 12:8However they shall be servants unto him, and they shall know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the [various] countries.

Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the afflicted also, who hath no helper.

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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