Job 36:21

In 11 translations

BSB

Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

KJV

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

WEB

Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

ASV

Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

LSV

Take heed—do not turn to iniquity, || For you have fixed on this || Rather than [on] affliction.

YLT

Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.

DBY

Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

DRC

Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.

GNV

Take thou heede: looke not to iniquitie: for thou hast chosen it rather then affliction.

JPS

Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

LXXE

But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou hast made choice because of poverty.

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WLC

הִ֭שָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּ֣פֶן אֶל־אָ֑וֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶ֝֗ה בָּחַ֥רְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃

LXX-Br

ἀλλὰ φύλαξαι μὴ πράξῃς ἄτοκα· ἐπὶ τοὺτων γὰρ ἐξείλω ἀπὸ πτωχείας.

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• Hebrews 11:25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
• Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
• 1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
• Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
• Matthew 5:29–30If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it…
• Ezekiel 14:4Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD…
• Acts 5:40–41At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had…
• Job 35:3For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
• Daniel 3:16–18Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and…
• Matthew 13:21But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
• Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to…
• Job 34:7–9What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water? He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men. For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
• 1 Peter 4:15–16Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler. But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.

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