Job 36:15

But he delivereth the poor in their distress; He openeth their ears in affliction.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14They die in their youth; They close their lives with the unclean.

16He will bring thee also from the jaws of distress To a broad place, where is no straitness; And the provision of thy table shall be full of fatness.

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Cross References

Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the poor who crieth for aid, And the oppressed 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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