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Selected Verse: Job 36:8 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 36:8 |
King James |
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| If they be afflicted, it is no proof that they are hypocrites, as the friends maintain, or that God disregards them, and is indifferent whether men are good or bad, as Job asserts: God is thereby "disciplining them," and "showing them their sins," and if they bow in a right spirit under God's visiting hand, the greatest blessings ensue. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| And if they be bound in fetters - That is, if the righteous are thrown into prison, and are subjected to oppressions and trials, or if they are chained down, as it were, on a bed of pain, or crushed by heavy calamities, the eye of God is still upon them. Their sufferings should not be regarded either as proof that they are hypocrites, or that God is regardless of them, and is indifferent whether people are good or evil. The true solution of the difficulty was, that God was then accomplishing purposes of discipline, and that happy results would follow if they would receive affliction in a proper manner. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
8 And if they are bound with chains,
Holden in cords of affliction:
9 Then He declareth to them their doing
And their transgressions, that they have been vainglorious;
10 Then He openeth their ear to warning,
And commandeth them to turn from iniquity.
The subj. is in no case the רשׁעים (Hahn), but the צדיקים, or those who are as susceptible to discipline as it is needful to them, just as in Ps 107, which in general presents many instances for an extensive comparison with the speeches of Elihu. The chains, Job 36:8, are meant literally, and the bands, Job 36:8, figuratively; the Psalmist couples both in אסירי עני וברזל, Psa 107:10. The conclusion begins with Job 36:9, and is repeated in another application, Job 36:10. פּעל in the sense of maleficium, as Arab. fa‛alat, recalls מעשׂה, facinus, Job 33:17. כּי, Job 36:9, as in Job 36:10, an objective quod. It is not translated, however, quod invaluerint (Rosenm.), which is opposed to the most natural sense of the Hithpa., but according to Job 15:25 : quod sese extulerint. מוּסר, παιδεία, disciplina, interchanges here with the more rare מסר used in Job 33:16; there we have already also met with the phrase גּלה אזן, to uncover the ear, i.e., to open. אמר כּי corresponds to the Arab. amara an (bi-an), to command that. The fundamental thought of Elihu here once again comes unmistakeably to view: the sufferings of the righteous are well-meant chastisements, which are to wean them from the sins into which through carnal security they have fallen - a warning from God to penitence, designed to work their good. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| If - Through the vicissitude of worldly affairs, they are brought from their throne into a prison, as sometimes hath been done. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And if they be bound in fetters - These are means which God uses, not of punishment, but of correction. |
16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;