Job 36:9
Then He declares to them their work, || And their transgressions, || Because they have become mighty,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
In Context
8And if prisoners in chains || They are captured with cords of affliction,
10And He uncovers their ear for instruction, || And commands that they turn back from iniquity.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:11and YHWH brings in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur has, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with bronze chains, and cause him to go to Babylon.
Job 10:2I say to God, Do not condemn me, || Let me know why You strive [with] me.
Psalms 5:10Declare them guilty, O God, || Let them fall from their own counsels, || In the abundance of their transgressions || Drive them away, || Because they have been rebellious against You.
Psalms 119:67Before I am afflicted, I am erring, || And now I have kept Your saying.
Isaiah 59:12For our transgressions have been multiplied before You, || And our sins have testified against us, || For our transgressions [are] with us, || And our iniquities—we have known them.
Ezekiel 18:28And he sees and turns back, || From all his transgressions that he has done, || He surely lives, he does not die,
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 →