Job 36 · Verse 7

Job 36:7

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
Job 36:7, King James Version

Job 36:7 in other translations

BSBHe does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
WEBHe doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
ASVHe withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
YLTHe withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
DARBYHe withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.
BBELifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.
WebsterHe withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

What does Job 36:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. (1Pe 3:12). God does not forsake the godly, as Job implied, but "establishes," or makes them sit on the throne as kings (1Sa 2:8; Psa 113:7, 8). True of believers in the highest sense, already in part (1Pe 2:9; Re 1:6); hereafter fully (Re 5:10; Job 22:5). and they are--that they may be.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 He withdraweth not his eyes - Exactly similar to those words of David, Psa 34:15 : "The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous." But with kings are they on the throne - I think the words should be read thus: - "But with kings upon the throne shall he place them; and they shall be exalted for ever." The word וישיבם vaiyeshibem, he will establish or place them, should be added to the first clause, as I have done; and then the sense becomes much clearer. Instead of לנצח fo da lanetsach, forever, perhaps to victory would be a better sense: "But with kings upon the throne will he place them; and they shall be exalted or triumph to victory." This is precisely the same idea, and conveyed in nearly the same words, as that of our Lord: - "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne;" Rev 3:21. "Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory," etc.; Rev 1:5, Rev 1:6.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 36:5-14

Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to dispose our hearts to be taught: affliction makes people willing to…

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Job 36:7 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.

לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִגְרַ֥עyig.Ra'he withdrawsH1639
מִצַּדִּ֗יקmi.tza.Dikfrom [the] righteousH6662
עֵ֫ינָ֥יו'ei.Naveyes hisH5869
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand withH854
מְלָכִ֥יםme.la.KhimkingsH4428
לַכִּסֵּ֑אla.ki.Se'to the throneH3678
וַיֹּשִׁיבֵ֥םvai.yo.shi.Vemand he has made sit themH3427
לָ֝נֶ֗צַחla.Ne.tzachto perpetuityH5331
וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ\׃vai.yig.Ba.huand they have become exaltedH1361

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Cross references for Job 36:7

  • Psalms 34:15

    The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

  • Psalms 33:18

    Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

  • 1 Samuel 2:8

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

  • Psalms 113:7-8

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:3

    But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

  • 1 Peter 3:12

    For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

  • Job 42:12

    So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

  • Esther 10:3

    For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

  • Job 1:3

    His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

  • Genesis 41:40

    Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

  • Zephaniah 3:17

    The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

  • Psalms 112:7-10

    He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
withdraw.
2Ch 16:9; Ps 33:18; 34:15; Zep 3:17; 1Pe 3:12
with.
1:3; 42:12; Ge 23:6; 41:40; 1Sa 2:8; Es 10:3; Ps 78:70-72; 113:7,8
he doth.
2Sa 7:13-16; Ps 112:7-10; 2Th 3:3

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Context

  • Job 36:6

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

  • Job 36:7

    He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

  • Job 36:8

    And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

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Job 36:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No quitará sus ojos del justo; antes bien con los reyes los pondrá en solio para siempre, y serán ensalzados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il ne retire pas ses yeux de dessus le juste, et celui-ci est avec les rois sur le trône, et il les fait asseoir à toujours, et ils sont élevés.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er zieht seine Augen nicht ab von dem Gerechten, und mit Königen auf den Thron, dahin setzt er sie auf immerdar, und sie sind erhöht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non auferet a justo oculos suos: et reges in solio collocat in perpetuum, et illi eriguntur.