Job 36 · Verse 18

Job 36:18

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

Job 36:18 in other translations

BSBBe careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
WEBDon’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
ASVFor let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
YLTLest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
DARBYBecause there is wrath, beware lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
BBE...
WebsterBecause there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

What does Job 36:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. (Nu 16:45; Psa 49:6, 7; Mt 16:26). Even the "ransom" by Jesus Christ (Job 33:24) will be of no avail to wilful despisers (He 10:26-29). with his stroke--(Job 34:26). Umbreit translates, "Beware lest the wrath of God (thy severe calamity) lead thee to scorn" (Job 34:7; 27:23). This accords better with the verb in the parallel clause, which ought to be translated, "Let not the great ransom (of money, which thou canst give) seduce thee (Margin, turn thee aside, as if thou couldst deliver thyself from "wrath" by it). As the "scorn" in the first clause answers to the "judgment of the wicked" (Job 36:17), so "ransom" ("seduce") to "will he esteem riches" (Job 36:19). Thus, Job 36:18 is the transition between Job 36:17 and Job 36:19.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Because there is wrath - This is a time in which God is punishing the wicked; take heed lest thou be cut off in a moment. Redeem the time; the days are evil. Then a great ransom - When he determines to destroy, who can save?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 36:15-23

Elihu shows that Job caused the continuance of his own trouble. He cautions him not to persist in frowardness. Even good men need to be kept to their duty by the fear of God's wrath; the wisest and best have enough in them to deserve his stroke. Let not Job continue his unjust quarrel with God and his providence. And let us never dare to think favourably of sin, never indulge it, nor allow ourselves in it. Elihu…

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Job 36:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
חֵ֭מָהChe.mahrageH2534
פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ye.si.te.Khait should entice youH5496
בְסָ֑פֶקve.Sa.fekin mockeryH5607
וְרָב\־ve.rov-and [the] greatness ofH7227
כֹּ֝֗פֶרKo.fer[the] ransomH3724
אַל\־'al-may notH408
יַטֶּֽךָּ\׃ya.Te.kait turn aside youH5186

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 36:18

  • Ephesians 5:6

    Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

  • Job 33:24

    Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

  • Romans 1:18

    For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

  • Psalms 110:5

    The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

  • Psalms 49:7-8

    None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • Psalms 2:5

    Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

  • Psalms 39:10

    Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

  • 1 Timothy 2:6

    Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

  • Psalms 2:12

    Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

  • Matthew 3:7

    But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

  • Isaiah 14:6

    He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Because.
Ps 2:5,12; 110:5; Mt 3:7; Ro 1:18; 2:5; Eph 5:6
his.
Ps 39:10; Isa 14:6; Eze 24:16
then.
33:24; Ps 49:7,8; 1Ti 2:6; Heb 2:3
deliver thee. Heb. turn thee aside.

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Context

  • Job 36:17

    But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

  • Job 36:18

    Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

  • Job 36:19

    Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

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Job 36:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por lo cual teme que en su ira no te quite con golpe, el cual no puedas apartar de ti con gran rescate.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Puisqu’il y a de la colère, prends garde qu’elle ne t’enlève par le châtiment; et une grande rançon ne te le fera pas éviter.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn der Grimm, möge er dich ja nicht verlocken zur Verhöhnung, und die Größe des Lösegeldes verleite dich nicht!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non te ergo superet ira ut aliquem opprimas: nec multitudo donorum inclinet te.