Job 36:18

כִּֽי ־ חֵמָה פֶּן ־ יְסִֽיתְךָ בְסָפֶק וְרָב ־ כֹּפֶר אַל ־ יַטֶּֽךָּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

In Context

17וְדִין ־ רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ דִּין וּמִשְׁפָּט יִתְמֹֽכוּ ׃

19הֲיַעֲרֹךְ שׁוּעֲךָ לֹא בְצָר וְכֹל מַאֲמַצֵּי ־ כֹֽחַ ׃

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Cross References

Job 33:24וַיְחֻנֶּנּוּ וַיֹּאמֶר פְּדָעֵהוּ מֵרֶדֶת שָׁחַת מָצָאתִי כֹֽפֶר ׃

Psalms 2:12נַשְּׁקוּ ־ בַר פֶּן ־ יֶאֱנַף ׀ וְתֹאבְדוּ דֶרֶךְ כִּֽי ־ יִבְעַר כִּמְעַט אַפּוֹ אַשְׁרֵי כָּל ־ חוֹסֵי בֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 49:7הַבֹּטְחִים עַל ־ חֵילָם וּבְרֹב עָשְׁרָם יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ ׃

Isaiah 14:6מַכֶּה עַמִּים בְּעֶבְרָה מַכַּת בִּלְתִּי סָרָה רֹדֶה בָאַף גּוֹיִם מֻרְדָּף בְּלִי חָשָֽׂךְ ׃

Matthew Henry on Job 36:16-24

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all… Read the whole commentary →

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