Job 36:6
He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
World English Bible Catholic
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 →