Job 36:18 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 36:18

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.

22 “Behold, God is exalted by His power;
Who teaches like Him?

23 ^aWho has assigned Him His way,
Or who has said, ‘You have done ^bwrong’?

Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty

24 “Remember to ^amagnify His work,
Of which men have sung.

25 Everyone has seen it;
Man looks on it from afar.

26 “Behold, God is great, and we ^ado not know Him;
^bNor can the number of His years be discovered.

27 For He ^adraws up drops of water,
Which distill as rain from the mist,

28 ^aWhich the clouds drop down
And pour abundantly on man.

Verse Comparison: Job 36:18

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American Standard Version
For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

Amplified® Bible
For let not wrath entice you into scorning chastisements; and let not the greatness of the ransom [the suffering, if rightly endured] turn you aside.

Contemporary English Version
don't let your anger and the pain you endured make you sneer at God.

Darby English Version
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.

Good News Bible
Be careful not to let bribes deceive you, or riches lead you astray.

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

New American Standard Bible
"{Beware} that wrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

New International Version
Be careful that no one entices you by riches;
do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

New King James Version
Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow;
For a large ransom would not help you avoid it.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

Revised Standard Version
Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing; and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

Young's Literal Translation
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

New English Translation
Be careful that¹ no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe² turn you aside.

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