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Selected Verse: Job 36:21 - King James

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Job 36:21 King James Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
regard--literally, "turn thyself to."

iniquity--namely, presumptuous speaking against God (Job 34:5, and above, see on Job 36:17-18).

rather than--to bear "affliction" with pious patience. Men think it an alleviation to complain against God, but this is adding sin to sorrow; it is sin, not sorrow, which can really hurt us (contrast Heb 11:25).
 
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25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.