Job 36:7
in Job 36He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
KJV
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
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This verse in Job 36
Commentary
10 notes on this verseHe will not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, but establisheth kings on the throne for ever, and there are they exalted. For God is perhaps believed to have withdrawn His eyes from the righteous, because they are here wounded by the injustice of the unrighteous, and are unavenged. But He then more regards His servants, when the iniquity of their persecutor unjustly afflicts them. For, beholding what they here humbly endure, He doubtless even now looks forward to the recompense He is there mercifully to bestow on them. He does not therefore withdraw His eyes from the righteous.
This site's exposition
God is mighty, but He despises no one
on Job 36:5-12
After “He opens their ears to correction” the obedient “end their days in prosperity”. Barnes calls this a chastening theory, correction meant to be heard, set against the friends' retribution. Delitzsch notes one pattern covering the righteous of verse 7 and men “bound with chains” in verse 8.
This site's exposition
His eyes off the righteous
Adam Clarke hears Psalm 34:15, where the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous. He would move the verb establish into the first line, so that God seats the righteous with kings. Albert Barnes adds that God watches them in affliction.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
He does not desist because of power from the assistance of the just, and so he says, "He does not take away from the just," even the powerful man, "his eyes," the gaze of his goodness and mercy, according to Psalm 33, "The eyes of …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
When righteous persons are advanced to places of honour and power, it is in mercy to them; for God's grace in them will both arm them against the temptations that attend preferment and enable them to improve the opportunity it gives them of doing good. It is also in mercy to those over whom they are set: When the righteous bear rule the city rejoices.
He - Never ceases to care for and watch over them. Exalted - They continue to be exalted; they are not cast down from their dignity, as the wicked commonly are.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous,....
Though they may seem sometimes neglected and forgotten, and that befals them which looks like an oversight of Providence, yet tender careful eye of their heavenly Father never withdraws from them. If our eye be ever towards God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous - That is, he constantly observes them, whether they are in the more elevated or humble ranks of life. Even though he afflicts them, his eye is upon them, and he does not forsake them. It will be remembered that one of the difficulties to be accounted for was, that they who professed to be righteous are subjected to severe trials. The friends of Job had maintained that such a fact was in itself proof that they who professed to be pious were not so, but were hypocrites.
He withdraweth not his eyes - Exactly similar to those words of David, Psa 34:15: “The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous.” But with kings are they on the throne - I think the words should be read thus: - “But with kings upon the throne shall he place them; and they shall be exalted for ever.” The word וישיבם vaiyeshibem, he will establish or place them, should be added to the first clause, as I have done; and then the sense becomes much clearer. Instead of לנצח fo da lanetsach, forever, perhaps to victory would be a better sense: “But with kings upon the throne will he place them; and they shall be exalted or triumph to victory.” This is precisely the same idea, and conveyed in nearly the same words, as that of our Lord: - “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne;” Rev 3:21. “Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory,” etc.; Rev 1:5, Rev 1:6.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִגְרַ֥ע | yigra' | he withdraws | H1639 → | 22 times |
| מִצַּדִּ֗יק | mitzadik | from [the] righteous | H6662 → | 206 times |
| עֵ֫ינָ֥יו | ʾeinav | eyes his | H5869 → | 887 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and with | H854 → | 929 times |
| מְלָכִ֥ים | melakhim | kings | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| לַכִּסֵּ֑א | lakise' | to the throne | H3678 → | |
| וַיֹּשִׁיבֵ֥ם | vaiyoshivem | and he has made sit them | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| לָ֝נֶ֗צַח | lanetzach | to perpetuity | H5331 → | 43 times |
| וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃ | vaiyigbahu | and they have become exalted | H1361 → | 34 times |
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִגְרַ֥עhe withdraws
yigra'H1639 →22 times
מִצַּדִּ֗יקfrom [the] righteous
mitzadikH6662 →206 times
עֵ֫ינָ֥יוeyes his
ʾeinavH5869 →887 times
וְאֶת־and with
veetH854 →929 times
מְלָכִ֥יםkings
melakhimH4428 →2525 times
לַכִּסֵּ֑אto the throne
lakise'H3678 →
וַיֹּשִׁיבֵ֥םand he has made sit them
vaiyoshivemH3427 →1079 times
לָ֝נֶ֗צַחto perpetuity
lanetzachH5331 →43 times
וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃and they have become exalted
vaiyigbahuH1361 →34 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 34:17
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
- Psalms 33:18
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- 1 Peter 3:12
Through
2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will…
- Psalms 121:7
The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
- 1 Corinthians 1:9
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- 2 Timothy 4:18
About Job
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Job; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVI; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.