Job 36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:5

Behold, God is mighty ,.... This is a clear plain truth, easy to be discerned, and worthy of notice, and therefore introduced with a "behold"; that God is mighty, the most mighty, the Almighty, as appears from his works of nature and providence; making all things out of nothing, upholding them by the word of his power, and governing and overruling all things in the world, and doing in it whatever he pleases: and from the works of redemption and grace; ransoming his people out of the hands... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:6

He preserveth not the life of the wicked ,.... He makes a difference between wicked and righteous men, which shows him to be a holy and righteous God; though he preserves the life of all men so long as they live, yet not in the same way; he preserves the lives of wicked men in the common course of his providence, but not in a special way and manner, as he does the lives of the righteous, which are dear and precious to him; nor does he preserve to any great length such as are notorious... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:7

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous ,.... His eyes of providence are upon them to supply their temporal wants, and to protect and defend them from their enemies, and they are never off of them; his eyes of love, grace, and mercy, are upon them; he always viewed them as righteous in his Son, and through his righteousness imputed; and looked upon them with delight and pleasure, and always so views them; they are engraven on his heart and on his hands, and are ever before him, and in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:8

And if they be bound in fetters ,.... Not the wicked, as the Targum, but the righteous spoken of in Job 36:7 , with which this is closely connected; and this is not to be understood of righteous kings on the throne in particular, or their special favourites, but of the righteous in general; and not in a literal sense, of their bonds and imprisonment for religion and righteousness sake, which is sometimes their lot; but in a figurative sense, of afflictions, as chastenings and corrections... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:9

Then he showeth them their work ,.... Either what they ought to do, so the Tigurine version; and which they have not done, their sins of omission; when they have been negligent either of the duty of prayer in private and public, or of attendance on the ordinances of the house of God; then he sends an affliction, and by it, as in a glass, presents to their view the omissions they have been guilty of: or else the work which they have done, and should not have done, their sins of commission:... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:10

He openeth also their ear to discipline ,.... Or "to correction" F15 למוסר "ad correptionem", Montanus; "ad correctionem", Beza, Michaelis, Schultens. ; to the rod of correction; to hear the voice of it and him that has appointed it; its reproving voice for sin, its directing voice to duty, and its commanding voice to return from iniquity, as in the next clause. Or "to instruction" F16 "Ad eruditionem", Cocceius. ; God's corrections of his people being instructions to them,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:11

If they obey and serve him ,.... That is, God, to whom so many things are ascribed in the preceding verses; and who only is to be obeyed and served in a religious way, with the obedience of faith and love, in all his commands and ordinances. But here not so much obedience to his word, his law or Gospel, as to his rod is intended: "if they hear", &c.; F17 אם ישמעו ויעכדו "si audierint et fecerint", Codurcus. ; hear the rod and him that has appointed it; hearken to his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:12

But if they obey not ,.... Who seem to be righteous and are not; and when afflicted are not submissive to the will of God; attend not to the voice of his providence; receive no instruction thereby; but kick against the pricks, and rebel, against God; complain of him, and murmur at his dealings with them: they shall perish by the sword ; or they shall pass away out of the world by it, or by some missive weapon: they shall die a violent death, by the sword of justice, of the civil... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:13

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath ,.... Or "and the hypocrites" F19 וחנפי "et hypocritae", Montanus; "et loripedes", Schultens. ; for these are the same with the disobedient in Job 36:12 ; who seem to be righteous, but are not; pretend to what they have not; have a double heart, Psalm 12:2 , or say one thing with their mouth, and mean another thing in their hearts; or with their mouths draw nigh to God, but their hearts are far from him, Matthew 15:8 ; and so... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 36:14

They die in youth ,.... They, or "their soul" F21 נפשם "anima eorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, &c.; ; which, though that dies not, being immaterial and immortal; yet being the principal part of man, is put for the whole person, and which being taken away, the body dies. All men must die, but all do not die at an age; there is a common term of human life, Psalm 90:10 ; some few exceed it, multitudes arrive not to it; such... read more

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