Job 36:9
then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
BSB
ASV
Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
KJV
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
And if they shall be in chains, and bound with the cords of poverty, He will shew them their works, and their wickednesses, because they have been violent. The chains of bondage, are the very detention of their present pilgrimage. Paul had seen, that he was bound by these chains, when he was saying, I have a desire to be dissolved, and to be with Christ. [Phil. 1, 23] He perceived that he was bound with the cords of poverty, when, beholding the true riches, he entreated them also for his disciples.
Work - Their evil works, by these afflictions he brings them to a sight of their sins. Exceeded - That they have greatly sinned by abusing their power and prosperity; which even good men are too prone to do.
He discovers to them the fact of sin: He shows them their work. If there be any good in us, it is God's work; and we are concerned to see what work we have made by sin. He discovers the fault of sin, shows them their transgressions of the law of God, and withal the sinfulness of sin, that they have exceeded, and have been beyond measure sinful.
Then he showeth them their work - What their lives have been. This he does either by a messenger sent to them Job 33:23, or by their own reflections Job 33:27, or by the influences of his Spirit leading them to a proper review of their lives. The object of their affliction, Elihu says, is to bring them to see what their conduct has been, and to reform what has been amiss.
If they be afflicted, it is no proof that they are hypocrites, as the friends maintain, or that God disregards them, and is indifferent whether men are good or bad, as Job asserts: God is thereby "disciplining them," and "showing them their sins," and if they bow in a right spirit under God's visiting hand, the greatest blessings ensue.
The walk8
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Psalms 119:71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
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Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
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Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
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I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.