Job 36:18
Good News Translation
Be careful not to let bribes deceive you, or riches lead you astray.

New Revised Standard Version
Beware that wrath does not entice you into scoffing, and do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

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

New American Bible
Let not anger at abundance entice you, nor great bribery lead you astray.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.

Because

Psalm 2:5,12 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his rage. . . .

Psalm 110:5 The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

Matthew 3:7 And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those men that detain the truth of God in injustice:

Romans 2:5 But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God:

Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.

his

Psalm 39:10 Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:

Isaiah 14:6 That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.

Ezekiel 24:16 Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thy eyes with a stroke, and thou shall not lament, nor weep; neither shall thy tears run down.

then

Job 33:24 He shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.

Psalm 49:7,8 No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom, . . .

1 Timothy 2:6 Who gave himself a redemption for all, a testimony in due times.

Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? Which, having begun to be declared by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.

deliver thee.

Context
Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power
17Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover. 18Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.19Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.…
Cross References
Job 33:24
He shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.

Job 36:19
Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.

Psalm 49:7
No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,

Jonah 4:4
And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live.

Jonah 4:9
And when the sun was risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, and he broiled with the heat: and he desired for his soul that he might die, and said: It is better for me to die than to live.

Job 36:17
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