Job 36:6 “He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflic…”

Job 36:6

He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

World English Bible

He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.

American Standard Version

He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.

Geneva Bible 1599

He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.

Darby Translation

He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.

Young's Literal Translation

He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

Bible in Basic English

His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

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Cross references

“preserveth”

2 Peter 2:9 Job 21:7–9 Psalm 55:23 Job 21:30 Jeremiah 12:1 Jeremiah 12:2

2 Peter 2:9 · BSB

if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

Job 21:7–9 · BSB

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Job 21:30 · BSB

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

Jeremiah 12:1 · BSB

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Jeremiah 12:2 · BSB

You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.

“giveth”

Psalm 72:12–14 Psalm 72:4 Job 29:12–17 Psalm 9:12 Psalm 82:1–4 Isaiah 11:4

Psalm 72:12–14 · BSB

For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

Psalm 72:4 · BSB

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Job 29:12–17 · BSB

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Psalm 9:12 · BSB

For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 82:1–4 · BSB

God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

Isaiah 11:4 · BSB

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

“poor”

Psalm 140:12 Exodus 22:22–24

Psalm 140:12 · BSB

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Exodus 22:22–24 · BSB

You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

Also

Job 5:15 Job 8:22

Job 5:15 · BSB

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

Job 8:22 · BSB

Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

7He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

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