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Elihu Describes God’s Power

Job 36:18

In 11 translations

BSB
Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
KJV
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.deliver…: Heb. turn thee aside
WEB
Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
ASV
For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
LSV
Lest He move you with a stroke, || And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.
YLT
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
DBY
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
DRC
Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.
GNV
For Gods wrath is, least hee should take that away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.
JPS
For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
LXXE
but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרָב־כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃
LXX-Br
θυμὸς δὲ ἐπʼ ἀσεβεῖς ἔσται, διʼ ἀσέβειαν δώρων ὧν ἐδέχοντο ἐπʼ ἀδικίαις.

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  • Job 33:24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
  • Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
  • Romans 1:18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
  • Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
  • Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
  • Psalms 49:7–8No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
  • Psalms 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
  • Matthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
  • Isaiah 14:6It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
  • 1 Timothy 2:6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
  • Psalms 39:10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
  • Psalms 2:5Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
  • Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
  • Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

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