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Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/36.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/36.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Because <i>there is</i> wrath, <i>beware</i> lest he take thee away with <i>his</i> stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Because <i>there is</i> wrath, <i>beware</i> lest He take you away with <i>one</i> blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid <i>it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“<i>Beware</i> that wrath does not entice you to mockery; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“<i>Beware</i> lest wrath entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br /><i>Beware</i> lest wrath entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the atonement turn you aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing; And do not let the greatness <i>and</i> the extent of the ransom turn you aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large ransom lead you astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large ransom lead you astray. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />don't let your anger and the pain you endured make you sneer at God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Because there is wrath, beware lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Be careful that you are not led astray with riches. Don't let a large bribe turn you [to evil ways].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/36.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Be careful not to let bribes deceive you, or riches lead you astray. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So that no one entices you with riches, don't let a large ransom turn you astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Do not let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Lest He move you with a stroke, "" And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Because of wrath, lest he shall remove thee with smiting, and a multitude of covering shall not turn thee away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Let not anger at abundance entice you, nor great bribery lead you astray. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Beware that wrath does not entice you into scoffing, and do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He will not threaten you with a raging anger, nor will he cause you to be in need of a great ransom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He will not provoke you in the wrath of war, and he will not compel you with the abundance of salvation<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/36-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=5613" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/36.htm">Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ḥê·māh (N-fs) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison.">Be careful</a> <a href="/hebrew/6435.htm" title="6435: pen- (Conj) -- Lest. From panah; properly, removal; used only adverb as conjunction, lest.">that no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/5496.htm" title="5496: yə·sî·ṯə·ḵā (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To incite, allure, instigate. Perhaps denominative from shayith; properly, to prick, i.e. stimulate; by implication, to seduce.">lures</a> <a href="/hebrew/5607.htm" title="5607: ḇə·sā·p̄eq (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Handclapping, mockery. Or sepheq; from caphaq; chastisement; also satiety.">you with riches;</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: wə·rāḇ- (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">let a large</a> <a href="/hebrew/3724.htm" title="3724: kō·p̄er (N-ms) -- From kaphar; properly, a cover, i.e. a village; bitumen, and the henna plant; figuratively, a redemption-price.">bribe</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: yaṭ·ṭe·kā (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 2mse) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">lead you astray.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a></span><br />Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a></span><br />They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Zephaniah 1:18</a></span><br />Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/10-2.htm">Proverbs 10:2</a></span><br />Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/16-26.htm">Matthew 16:26</a></span><br />What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20-21</a></span><br />But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ / This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-6.htm">Proverbs 21:6</a></span><br />Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/22-16.htm">Proverbs 22:16</a></span><br />Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3</a></span><br />What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/8-36.htm">Mark 8:36-37</a></span><br />What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? / Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Luke 16:19-31</a></span><br />Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. / And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10-11</a></span><br />He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. / When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Jeremiah 17:11</a></span><br />Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.</p><p class="hdg">Because</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-5.htm">Psalm 2:5,12</a></b></br> Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/110-5.htm">Psalm 110:5</a></b></br> The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7</a></b></br> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?</p><p class="hdg">his</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/39-10.htm">Psalm 39:10</a></b></br> Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-6.htm">Isaiah 14:6</a></b></br> He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, <i>and</i> none hindereth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/24-16.htm">Ezekiel 24:16</a></b></br> Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.</p><p class="hdg">then</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/33-24.htm">Job 33:24</a></b></br> Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/49-7.htm">Psalm 49:7,8</a></b></br> None <i>of them</i> can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/2-6.htm">1 Timothy 2:6</a></b></br> Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.</p><p class="hdg">deliver thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/31-25.htm">Abundance</a> <a href="/job/33-24.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/esther/5-13.htm">Avail</a> <a href="/job/32-13.htm">Beware</a> <a href="/job/6-22.htm">Bribe</a> <a href="/ezra/4-22.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/job/34-31.htm">Chastisement</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-17.htm">Chastisements</a> <a href="/job/33-28.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-21.htm">Entice</a> <a href="/exodus/22-16.htm">Entices</a> <a href="/job/35-15.htm">Great</a> <a href="/job/23-6.htm">Greatness</a> <a href="/job/24-2.htm">Move</a> <a href="/job/33-24.htm">Ransom</a> <a href="/job/20-18.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/job/34-7.htm">Scoffing</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-11.htm">Size</a> <a href="/job/17-8.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/job/23-2.htm">Stroke</a> <a href="/job/20-22.htm">Sufficiency</a> <a href="/job/36-10.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/job/36-13.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/36-31.htm">Abundance</a> <a href="/psalms/49-7.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/job/36-19.htm">Avail</a> <a href="/job/36-21.htm">Beware</a> <a href="/psalms/15-5.htm">Bribe</a> <a href="/job/36-21.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/psalms/73-14.htm">Chastisement</a> <a href="/psalms/149-7.htm">Chastisements</a> <a href="/psalms/3-2.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-10.htm">Entice</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-21.htm">Entices</a> <a href="/job/36-26.htm">Great</a> <a href="/psalms/5-7.htm">Greatness</a> <a href="/psalms/36-11.htm">Move</a> <a href="/psalms/49-7.htm">Ransom</a> <a href="/job/36-19.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/psalms/44-13.htm">Scoffing</a> <a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Size</a> <a href="/job/41-10.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Stroke</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-16.htm">Sufficiency</a> <a href="/job/36-21.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/job/36-33.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Job 36</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/36-1.htm">Elihu shows how God is just in his ways</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/36-16.htm">How Job's sins hinder God's blessings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/36-24.htm">God's works are to be magnified</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of the Book of Job, Elihu is speaking to Job, cautioning him about the potential for wealth to corrupt judgment and integrity. Biblically, the love of money is often portrayed as a root of evil (<a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">1 Timothy 6:10</a>). The historical context of ancient Near Eastern societies, including Job's, often equated wealth with divine favor, yet the Bible frequently warns against this assumption. The caution here is reminiscent of Jesus' teachings in the New Testament, where He warns against storing up treasures on earth (<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>). The phrase underscores the importance of spiritual integrity over material gain.<p><b>do not let a large bribe lead you astray.</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the moral and ethical dangers of accepting bribes. In ancient times, as today, bribery was a common practice that could pervert justice and lead individuals away from righteousness. The Law of Moses explicitly condemns bribery (<a href="/exodus/23-8.htm">Exodus 23:8</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Deuteronomy 16:19</a>), emphasizing that it blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. The cultural context of the time placed a high value on justice and fairness, and accepting bribes was seen as a serious offense against God's commandments. This warning is echoed in the wisdom literature, such as <a href="/proverbs/17-23.htm">Proverbs 17:23</a>, which states that a wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice. The phrase serves as a reminder of the importance of maintaining integrity and justice, aligning with the character of God, who is just and righteous.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/elihu.htm">Elihu</a></b><br>A younger friend of Job who speaks in chapters 32-37. He offers a different perspective on Job's suffering, emphasizing God's justice and sovereignty.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who allows Job's testing and ultimately restores him, demonstrating His wisdom and justice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's integrity, suggesting that Job is faithful only because of his prosperity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guard_against_material_temptation.htm">Guard Against Material Temptation</a></b><br>Wealth and material possessions can easily become idols, leading us away from our devotion to God. We must be vigilant in maintaining our spiritual priorities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_over_wealth.htm">Integrity Over Wealth</a></b><br>Our integrity and relationship with God should never be compromised for financial gain. True riches are found in a life lived in obedience to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_in_god's_provision.htm">Contentment in God's Provision</a></b><br>Trusting in God's provision and being content with what we have protects us from the lure of riches and the deceitfulness of wealth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_bribery.htm">The Danger of Bribery</a></b><br>Accepting or giving bribes undermines justice and righteousness. As followers of Christ, we are called to uphold truth and integrity in all our dealings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>Keeping an eternal perspective helps us to value what truly matters and prevents us from being swayed by temporary, worldly wealth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 36</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/play_drum_for_newborn_king.htm">Is being wealthy considered sinful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_teachings_in_book_of_james.htm">What are the key teachings in the Book of James?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_god_'despise_no_one'_yet_judge.htm">In Job 36:5, how can God 'despise no one' if other scriptures depict His wrath and judgment against certain people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_wealth_as_a_blessing_fit_with_nt.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:19 depicts wealth as a divine blessing; how does this harmonize with New Testament teachings that caution against riches?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Because there is wrath.</span>--"For there is wrath: now, therefore, beware lest He take thee away with one stroke, so that great ransom cannot deliver thee." Literally it is, <span class= "ital">let not a great ransom deliver thee, </span>but the sense is probably like the Authorised Version.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke</span>. The original is exceedingly obscure, and three or four quite distinct renderings have been proposed; but one of the latest critics (Professor Stanley Loathes) prefers to all the other translations that of the Authorized Version. Job is threatened by Elihu with a coming judgment which shall remove him from the earth altogether. Then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. Once let destruction fall, and there is no longer any place for ransom. <span class="accented">Nothing</span> can then deliver thee from thy just punishment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/36-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Be careful</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵ֭מָה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2534.htm">Strong's 2534: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heat, anger, poison</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that no one</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(pen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6435.htm">Strong's 6435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Removal, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lures</span><br /><span class="heb">יְסִֽיתְךָ֣</span> <span class="translit">(yə·sî·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5496.htm">Strong's 5496: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prick, stimulate, to seduce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you with riches;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְסָ֑פֶק</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·sā·p̄eq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5607.htm">Strong's 5607: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chastisement, satiety</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let a large</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָב־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rāḇ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bribe</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֝֗פֶר</span> <span class="translit">(kō·p̄er)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3724.htm">Strong's 3724: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cover, a village, bitumen, the henna plant, a redemption-price</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lead you astray.</span><br /><span class="heb">יַטֶּֽךָּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yaṭ·ṭe·kā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/36-18.htm">Job 36:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/36-18.htm">OT Poetry: Job 36:18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/36-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 36:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 36:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/36-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 36:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 36:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>