Job 36:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

Job 36:15 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 36:10
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
2 Chronicles 12:8
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Atheism Attributes of God Beggars God Guidance Lord

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15-23)

Elihu here comes more closely to Job; and, I. He tells him what God would have done for him before this if he had been duly humbled under his affliction. “We all know how ready God is to deliver the poor in his affliction (Job 36:15); he always was so. The poor in spirit, those that are of a broken and contrite heart, he looks upon with tenderness, and, when they are in affliction, is ready to hel…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

13-15. Same sentiment as Job 36:11, 12, expanded. hypocrites--or, the ungodly [Maurer]; but “hypocrites” is perhaps a distinct class from the openly wicked (Job 36:12). heap up wrath--of God against themselves (Ro 2:5). Umbreit translates, “nourish their wrath against God,” instead of “crying” unto Him. This suits well the parallelism and the Hebrew. But the English Version gives a good parallelis…