Job 36:6
He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
In Context
5“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Cross References
Exodus 22:22“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
Job 8:22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”
Job 21:30that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?
Psalms 9:12For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
Psalms 55:23But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has 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 →