Job 36:18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

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Parallel Verses

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

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

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.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large ransom lead you astray.

International Standard Version
So that no one entices you with riches, don't let a large ransom turn you astray.

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

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

Darby Bible Translation
Because there is wrath, beware lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.

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

Cross References

Job 33:24
Then he is gracious to him, and said, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

Job 36:19
Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

Psalm 49:7
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

Jonah 4:4
Then said the LORD, Do you well to be angry?

Jonah 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Do you well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

36:15-23 Elihu shows that Job caused the continuance of his own trouble. He cautions him not to persist in frowardness. Even good men need to be kept to their duty by the fear of God's wrath; the wisest and best have enough in them to deserve his stroke. Let not Job continue his unjust quarrel with God and his providence. And let us never dare to think favourably of sin, never indulge it, nor allow ourselves in it. Elihu thinks Job needed this caution, he having chosen rather to gratify his pride and humour by contending with God, than to mortify them by submitting, and accepting the punishment. It is absurd for us to think to teach Him who is himself the Fountain of light, truth, knowledge, and instruction. He teaches by the Bible, and that is the best book; teaches by his Son, and he is the best Master. He is just in all proceedings.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

18. (Nu 16:45; Ps 49:6, 7; Mt 16:26). Even the "ransom" by Jesus Christ (Job 33:24) will be of no avail to wilful despisers (Heb 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; 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.