Job 36:8

And if prisoners in chains || They are captured with cords of affliction,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, || And [from] kings on the throne, || And causes them to sit forever, and they are high,

9Then He declares to them their work, || And their transgressions, || Because they have become mighty,

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Cross References

Job 19:6Know now, that God turned me upside down, || And has set around His net against me,

Psalms 18:5Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, || Snares of death have been before me.

Psalms 116:3Cords of death have surrounded me, || And straits of Sheol have found me, || I find distress and sorrow.

Lamentations 3:9He has hedged my ways with hewn work, || My paths He has made crooked.

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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