Job 36 (NET)

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Job 36:1¹Elihu said further:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Job 36:2²“Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 21:3 2 Cor 5:20 Job 13:7-8 Ezek 2:7 Heb 13:22 Jer 15:19 Job 33:31-33 Job 33:6 Exod 4:16

Job 36:3³With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 3:17 Jas 1:17 Dan 9:14 Dan 9:7 Deut 32:4 Job 32:8 Job 8:3 Ps 11:7 Ps 145:17 Rev 15:3

Job 36:4⁴For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 37:16 Prov 8:7-8 1 Cor 14:20 2 Tim 3:16-17 Ps 49:3 2 Cor 2:17 Acts 24:22 Col 4:12 Job 13:4 Job 13:7

Job 36:5⁵Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 22:24 Ps 138:6 Jer 10:12 Job 37:23 Ps 147:5 Jer 32:19 Job 12:13-16 Job 26:12-14 Job 31:13 Job 9:14

Job 36:6⁶He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 140:12 Ps 72:12-14 2 Pet 2:9 Exod 22:22-24 Job 21:7-9 Job 5:15 Ps 72:4 Isa 11:4 Jer 12:1-2 Job 29:12-17

Job 36:7⁷He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 34:15 Ps 33:18 1 Sam 2:8 Ps 113:7-8 2 Thess 3:3 1 Pet 3:12 Esth 10:3 Job 42:12 Job 1:3 Gen 41:40

Job 36:8⁸But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 5:22 Ps 107:10 Job 13:27 Job 19:6 Job 33:18-19 Lam 3:9 Ps 116:3 Ps 18:5

Job 36:9⁹then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions, that they were behaving proudly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 11:32 Job 15:25 Ps 119:71 1 Tim 1:15 2 Chr 33:11-13 Deut 4:21-22 Ezek 18:28-31 Isa 59:12 Job 10:2 Lam 3:39-40

Job 36:10¹⁰And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 55:6-7 Job 36:15 Matt 3:8 2 Kgs 17:13 Isa 1:16-20 Isa 48:17 Isa 50:5 Job 33:16-23 Prov 8:4-5 Acts 16:14

Job 36:11¹¹If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 7:23 Isa 1:19 Jer 26:13 Deut 4:30 Heb 11:8 Jas 5:5 Job 22:23 Job 22:21 Rev 18:7 Eccl 9:2-3

Job 36:12¹²But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 4:21 Isa 3:11 Rom 2:8-9 Deut 18:15-22 Deut 29:15-20 Isa 1:20 John 8:21-24 Job 15:22

Job 36:13¹³The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 2:5 Job 27:8-10 Job 36:8 2 Chr 28:13 2 Chr 28:22 Job 15:4 Job 35:9-10 Matt 22:12-13 Num 32:14 Ps 107:10

Job 36:14¹⁴They die in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 23:17 Job 15:32 Job 22:16 Ps 55:23 Gen 19:24-25 Gen 19:5 Gen 38:7-10 Job 21:23-25 Lev 10:1-2

Job 36:15¹⁵He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 36:10

Job 36:16¹⁶And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 23:5 Ps 118:5 Ps 18:19 Ps 31:8 Ps 63:5 Isa 25:6 Ps 36:8 Ps 40:1-3 Hos 2:14 Isa 55:2

Job 36:17¹⁷But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 18:4 Rom 1:32 Job 16:5 Job 22:11 Job 34:36 Job 34:8

Job 36:18¹⁸Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 33:24 Eph 5:6 Rom 1:18 Ps 110:5 Ps 49:7-8 Rom 2:5 1 Tim 2:6 Isa 14:6 Matt 3:7 Ps 2:12

Job 36:19¹⁹Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 11:4 Prov 11:21 Isa 2:20 Isa 37:36 Jas 5:3 Job 9:13 Prov 10:2 Ps 33:16-17 Zeph 1:18 Job 34:20

Job 36:20²⁰Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 19:35 Exod 12:29 Job 34:20 Job 34:25 1 Thess 5:2-3 Acts 1:25 Dan 5:30 Eccl 11:3 Job 14:13 Job 17:13-14

Job 36:21²¹Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 11:25 Ps 66:18 1 Pet 3:17 Matt 16:24 Acts 5:40-41 Dan 3:16-18 Dan 6:10 Ezek 14:4 Job 35:3 Matt 13:21

Job 36:22²²Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:7-8 Luke 1:52 Rom 13:1 Isa 48:17 Jer 27:5-8 Dan 4:25 Dan 4:32 Dan 5:18 Isa 14:5 Isa 54:13

Job 36:23²³Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him, ‘You have done what is wicked’?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 2:16 Isa 40:13-14 Job 8:3 Eph 1:11 Job 34:10 Job 34:13-33 Rom 11:34 Rom 2:5 Job 40:8 Rom 3:5

Job 36:24²⁴Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 15:3 Luke 1:46 Ps 111:2-4 Ps 145:10-12 Ps 72:18 Dan 4:3 Dan 4:37 Deut 4:19 Jer 10:12 Job 12:13-25

Job 36:25²⁵All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Job 36:26²⁶“Yes, God is great—beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 90:2 Ps 145:3 Job 11:7-9 1 Cor 13:12 1 Kgs 8:27 Job 37:23 Job 37:5 Job 26:14 Ps 102:24-27 Heb 1:12

Job 36:27²⁷He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 147:8 Job 38:25-28 Job 5:9 Ps 148:8 Ps 65:9-13 Gen 2:5-6 Isa 5:6 Jer 14:22 Job 36:33 Job 38:34

Job 36:28²⁸which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 3:20 Gen 7:11-12 Job 37:11-13

Job 36:29²⁹Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 37:16 Job 37:2-5 1 Kgs 18:44-45 Hab 3:10 Job 26:14 Job 38:37 Job 38:9 Nah 1:3 Ps 104:3 Ps 104:7

Job 36:30³⁰See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 14:22 Exod 14:28 Exod 15:4-5 Gen 1:9 Job 38:25 Job 38:34-35 Job 38:8-11 Ps 104:5-9 Ps 18:11-16 Luke 17:24

Job 36:31³¹It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 136:25 Acts 14:17 Job 37:13 Ps 104:13-15 Job 38:26-27 Ps 104:27-28 Ps 65:9-13 1 Sam 12:18 1 Sam 2:10 1 Sam 7:10

Job 36:32³²With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 37:15 Ps 135:7 Ps 147:8-9 Ps 148:8 Ps 18:11 Acts 27:20 Exod 10:21-23 Job 26:9 Job 37:12

Job 36:33³³His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 22:14 Job 36:29 Job 37:2 1 Kgs 18:41-45 Jer 14:4-6 Joel 2:22 Joel 1:18

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