Job 36:9
Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
In Context
8And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
10And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:11and Jehovah bringeth in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur hath, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with brazen fetters, and cause him to go to Babylon.
Job 10:2I say unto God, 'Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me.
Psalms 5:10Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.
Psalms 119:67Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
Isaiah 59:12For our transgressions have been multiplied before Thee, And our sins have testified against us, For our transgressions [are] with us, And our iniquities — we have known them.
Ezekiel 18:28And he seeth and turneth back, From all his transgressions that he hath done, He doth surely live, he doth not die,
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 →