Job 36:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.”
Job 36:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 36:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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Job 36:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.”
Job 36:18 — World English Bible
Job 36:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.”
Job 36:18 — American Standard Version
Job 36:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.”
Job 36:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 36:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.”
Job 36:18 — Darby Translation
Job 36:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For Gods wrath is, least hee should take that away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.”
Job 36:18 — Geneva Bible
Job 36:18 in Context — Job 36
16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
What Does Job 36:18 Mean?
Job 36:18 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 36. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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