Job 36:18
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with a stroke, Then let not, a great ransom, mislead thee.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
17But, with the plea of a lawless one, thou art full, Plea and sentence, will take fast hold.
19Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.
Cross References
Job 33:24Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption!
Psalms 2:12Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger,—How happy are all who seek refuge in him!
Psalms 49:7A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:
Isaiah 14:6Smiting peoples in passion With stroke unremitting,—Trampling, in anger, on nations, Persecution unhindered.
Matthew 3:7But, seeing, many of the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming unto his immersion, he said to them,—Broods of vipers! who suggested to you, to be fleeing from the coming wrath?
Romans 2:5But, according to thy hardness, and [thine] impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself anger, in a day of anger and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,—
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 →