Job 36:8

And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

In Context

7He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

9Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,

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Cross References

Job 19:6Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,

Psalms 18:5Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

Psalms 116:3Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

Lamentations 3:9He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.

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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