Job 36:18

For there would be fury, If aught were to incite thee to utter an abundance [of rebellious words]; and the greatness of the infliction must not mislead thee.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

In Context

17But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: [divine] judgment and decree will support each other.

19Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold ore, nor all the highest forces of strength.

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Cross References

Job 33:24Then is he gracious unto him, and saith, Release him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.

Psalms 2:12Do homage to the son, lest he be angry, and ye be lost on the way; for his wrath is so speedily kindled. Happy are all they that put their trust in him.

Psalms 49:7(49:8) No one can in any wise redeem his brother, nor can he give to God redemption money for himself;

Isaiah 14:6He who smote people in wrath, blows without intermission, he that ruled in anger nations, persecuting without restraint.

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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