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16 “Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress,
aInto a broad place where there is no restraint;
And bwhat is set on your table would be full of crichness. 
17 But you are filled with the judgment due the awicked;
Judgment and justice take hold of you. 
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow;
For aa large ransom would not help you avoid it. 
19 aWill your riches,
Or all the mighty forces,
Keep you from distress? 
20 Do not desire the night,
When people are cut off in their place.
21 Take heed, ado not turn to iniquity,
For byou have chosen this rather than affliction. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
<< Job 36:17   Job 36:19 >>


Job 36:18

(Numbers 16:45; Psalms 49:6-7; Matthew 16:26). Even the "ransom" by Jesus Christ (Job 33:24) will be of no avail to wilful despisers (Hebrews 10:26-29).

with his stroke— (Job 34:26). UMBREIT translates, "Beware lest the wrath of God (thy severe calamity) lead thee to scorn" (Job 34:7; Job 27:23). This accords better with the verb in the parallel clause, which ought to be translated, "Let not the great ransom (of money, which thou canst give) seduce thee (Margin, turn thee aside, as if thou couldst deliver thyself from "wrath" by it). As the "scorn" in the first clause answers to the "judgment of the wicked" (Job 36:17), so "ransom" ("seduce") to "will he esteem riches" (Job 36:19). Thus, Job 36:18 is the transition between Job 36:17 and Job 36:19.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 36:18:

Job 36:18
Job 36:21

 

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