Job 36:6
New International Version
He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.

New Living Translation
He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted.

English Standard Version
He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.

Berean Standard Bible
He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

King James Bible
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

New King James Version
He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed.

New American Standard Bible
“He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.

NASB 1995
“He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.

NASB 1977
“He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.

Legacy Standard Bible
He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.

Amplified Bible
“He does not prolong the life of the wicked, But gives the afflicted their justice.

Christian Standard Bible
He does not keep the wicked alive, but he gives justice to the oppressed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He does not keep the wicked alive, but He gives justice to the afflicted.

American Standard Version
He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The evil has no life, and he gives justice to the afflicted

Brenton Septuagint Translation
he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.

Contemporary English Version
The wicked are cut down, and those who are wronged receive justice.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.

English Revised Version
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth to the afflicted their right.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He doesn't allow the wicked person to live. He grants justice to those who are oppressed.

Good News Translation
He does not let sinners live on, and he always treats the poor with justice.

International Standard Version
He doesn't let the wicked live; he grants justice to the afflicted.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He preserveth not the life of the wicked; But giveth to the poor their right.

Literal Standard Version
He does not revive the wicked, | And appoints the judgment of the poor;

Majority Standard Bible
He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

New American Bible
He establishes the right of the poor; he does not divert his eyes from the just

NET Bible
He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

New Revised Standard Version
He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.

New Heart English Bible
He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

Webster's Bible Translation
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

World English Bible
He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.

Young's Literal Translation
He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

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Context
Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power
5Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. 6He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted. 7He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.…

Cross References
Job 4:7
Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

Job 5:15
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

Job 8:22
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."

Job 34:26
He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,

Job 38:13
that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?


Treasury of Scripture

He preserves not the life of the wicked: but gives right to the poor.

preserveth

Job 21:7-9,30
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? …

Psalm 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Jeremiah 12:1,2
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? …

giveth

Job 29:12-17
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him…

Psalm 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Psalm 10:14,15
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless…

poor.

Exodus 22:22-24
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child…

Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

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Job 36
1. Elihu shows how God is just in his ways
16. How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
24. God's works are to be magnified














Verse 6. - He preserveth not the life of the wicked. There is no special providence over the life of the wicked, as Job had supposed, or pretended to suppose (Job 21:7; comp. Job 12:6). On the contrary, God "overturneth" wicked men "in the night, so that they are destroyed; he striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others" (Job 34:25, 26). But giveth right to the poor. The poor and afflicted, the meek and humble, God vindicates. They are his special charge. So far is he from favouring the ungodly.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He does not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

keep the wicked
רָשָׁ֑ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

alive,
יְחַיֶּ֥ה (yə·ḥay·yeh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

but He grants
יִתֵּֽן׃ (yit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

justice
וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט (ū·miš·paṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

to the afflicted.
עֲנִיִּ֣ים (‘ă·nî·yîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble


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