Job 36:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.”
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BSBPD
“He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 36:6 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
- Job 5:15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
- Job 8:22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Psalms 10:14But 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
- Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
- Psalms 82:1God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
- Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- Psalms 140:13Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- 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.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous 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?
- 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.
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