Job 36:7

He always watches over [MTY] those who are righteous; he allows them to sit on thrones and rule with kings, and they are honored forever.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6He does not allow wicked people to remain alive, and he always acts justly toward those who are poor.

8But if people who commit crimes are caught, they are thrown into prison and are caused to suffer by being fastened with chains.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:6“Sir, you are a powerful prince among us. Choose one of our finest tombs and bury your wife’s body in it. None of us will refuse to sell land to you for a tomb for your relatives’ bodies.”

1 Samuel 2:8Sometimes you lift poor people up so that they are no longer despondent, sitting in the dust, or sitting on heaps of ashes; you cause them to sit next to princes; you cause them to sit on chairs/thrones where people who are highly honored sit. Yahweh, you are the one who laid the foundations of the earth, and you have set the whole world on those foundations.

2 Samuel 7:16Your descendants will rule the kingdom of Israel forever. Their rule will never end. [DOU]’”

Esther 10:3Mordecai, who was a Jew, became the king’s most important official, and all the Jews also considered him to be a very great man. They all respected him, because he did many good things for the Jews, and he often asked the king to do good things for them.

Job 42:12Then Yahweh blessed Job in the second half of his life more than he had blessed him in the first half of his life. He now acquired/owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

Psalms 33:18Do not forget that Yahweh watches over those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to faithfully love them.

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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