Job 36:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 107:10 : 10 They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
  • Lam 3:9 : 9 He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
  • Job 13:27 : 27 And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.
  • Job 19:6 : 6 know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.
  • Job 33:18-19 : 18 He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river. 19 Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,
  • Ps 18:5 : 5 The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

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  • 8 They bind their kings in chains, and their nobles in iron shackles,

  • Job 36:9-11
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    9 then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions, that they were behaving proudly.

    10 And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil.

    11 If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.

  • Job 36:6-7
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    6 He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

    7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

  • 10 They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

  • 11 Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.

  • 15 He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

  • 39 As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

  • 18 The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,

  • 18 He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist.

  • Lam 3:6-7
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    6 He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

    7 ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.

  • 11 He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’

  • 28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

  • 4 If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

  • 23 If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry,

  • 14 נ(Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist.

  • 19 The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them.

  • 4 The LORD is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked.”

  • 8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

  • Job 36:17-18
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    17 But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

    18 Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

  • Ps 73:5-6
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    5 They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

    6 Arrogance is their necklace, and violence covers them like clothing.

  • 9 “People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

  • Isa 8:21-22
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    21 They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

    22 When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

  • 11 Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.

  • 34 ל(Lamed) To crush underfoot all the earth’s prisoners,

  • 15 Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

  • 23 God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.

  • 36 And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

  • 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.

  • 17 They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

  • 26 He strikes them for their wickedness, in a place where people can see,

  • 8 Government Corruption If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

  • 1 א(Alef) The Prophet Speaks: I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath.

  • 37 Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, and we are in great distress!

  • 17 “Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • 13 The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.

  • 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

  • 19 Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

  • 20 in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

  • 27 And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.

  • 15 If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.

  • 28 You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

  • 14 He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

  • 18 Look, the LORD takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness