Verse 17
Job 36:17
Free Bible Version
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Watch out that you don't turn to evil! For it's because of this that you are being tested through suffering.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/דִין רָשָׁ֥ע מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ
English Translation
And you have filled judgment for the wicked; judgment and justice shall support you.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 36 Context
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“Be patient with me just a little while longer and let me explain. I still have something to say on...
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I will share my extensive knowledge, and I will prove my Creator is in the right.
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I assure you that what I'm saying are not lies, for I am a man whose knowledge is of the highest ord...
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God (Elohim) is mighty, but doesn't despise anyone; he is powerful in strength and understanding.
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He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives justice to the oppressed.
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He always pays attention to those who do right, and places them on thrones with kings, honoring them...
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If they are bound in chains, tied down by ropes of suffering,
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then he explains to them what they've done—their arrogant sins.
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But if they do not listen they will die a violent death, ignorant of God (Elohim).
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Those who reject God (Elohim) hold on to their bitterness. Even when he disciplines them they do not...
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They die in their youth; their lives end among the male temple prostitutes.
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Through suffering God (Elohim) saves those who suffer; he gets their attention through their trouble...
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God (Elohim) is trying to rescue you from the jaws of trouble to a place of freedom and safety, fill...
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But you are preoccupied with the fate of the wicked; judgment and justice fill your mind.
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But be careful that your anger doesn't seduce you into mockery; and don't let the size of the ‘bribe...
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Will your cry for help sustain you when troubles come?
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Watch out that you don't turn to evil! For it's because of this that you are being tested through su...
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Look how much power God (Elohim) has! What teacher is like him?
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Who has instructed him what to do? Who can say to him ‘You have done wrong’?
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Instead you should praise him for what he has done, as people have done in song.
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Everyone has seen God (Elohim)'s creation, though only from a distance.
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See how great God (Elohim) is—more than we can understand! No one can count his years.
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The clouds pour down rain, falling plentifully on humankind.
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Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out, or how thunder roars from where he lives?
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See how he scatters lightning around him, and covers the depths of the sea in darkness.
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By these actions he rules the people, he provides abundant food.
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Thunder declares his presence—even cattle know when a storm is coming.”
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