Job 36:6

In 11 translations

BSB

He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

KJV

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.poor: or, afflicted

WEB

He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.

ASV

He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.

LSV

He does not revive the wicked, || And appoints the judgment of the poor;

YLT

He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

DBY

He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.

DRC

But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.

GNV

He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.

JPS

He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right.

LXXE

he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.

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WLC

לֹא־יְחַיֶּ֥ה רָשָׁ֑ע וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃

LXX-Br

ἀσεβῆ οὐ μὴ ζωοποιήσῃ, καὶ κρίμα πτωχῶν δώσει.

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• Psalms 72:12–14For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed. He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their…
• 2 Peter 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
• Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
• Job 21:7–9Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is…
• Exodus 22:22–24You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry. My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will…
• Job 5:15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
• Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
• Job 29:12–17because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my…
• Psalms 82:1–4God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods: “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the…
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
• Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
• Proverbs 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
• Jeremiah 12:1–2Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? You planted them, and they have…
• Psalms 10:14–15But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his…
• Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

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