Job 36:8 - Exposition

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction. On the other hand, there are doubtless eases where the righteous suffer adversity—are even "bound in fetters," and "holden in cords of affliction" ( Genesis 39:20 ; Jeremiah 40:1 : Daniel 3:21 ; Matthew 14:3 ; Acts 12:6 ; Acts 16:24 ; Acts 24:27 , etc.). But even here God's vigilance is not relaxed. On the contrary, he watches with the utmost care over their afflictions, apportioning them according to the needs of each, and making every possible effort, by means of them, to work their reformation (see the two following verses).