Job 36:18
“Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransome cannot deliuer thee.”
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Job 36:18 Context
16Euen so would he haue remooued thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitnesse, and that which should be set on thy table, should be full of fatnesse. 17But thou hast fulfilled the iudgement of the wicked: iudgement and iustice take hold on thee. 18Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransome cannot deliuer thee. 19Will he esteeme thy riches? no not gold, nor all the forces of strength. 20Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
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Other Translations
Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
- King James Version
"{Beware} that wrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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- Basic English Bible
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
- Darby Bible
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
- Webster's Bible
Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
- World English Bible
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
- Youngs Literal Bible
For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
"{Beware} that wrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
- American Standard Version (1901)
...
- Basic English Bible
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
- Darby Bible
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
- Webster's Bible
Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
- World English Bible
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
- Youngs Literal Bible
For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Job 36:18
36:18 Wrath - Conceived by God against thee. Then - If once God's wrath take hold of thee, no ransom will be accepted for thee.