Job 36:6 · KJV
“He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. {poor: or, afflicted}”
— Job 36:6
Behold, God {is} mighty, and despiseth not {any: he is} mighty in strength {and} wisdom. {wisdom: Heb. heart}
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 — Context
For truly my words {shall} not {be} false: he that is perfect in knowledge {is} with thee.
5Behold, God {is} mighty, and despiseth not {any: he is} mighty in strength {and} wisdom. {wisdom: Heb. heart}
6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. {poor: or, afflicted}
7He 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.
8And if {they be} bound in fetters, {and} be holden in cords of affliction;
Cross References
Psalms 72:12-14
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and {him} that hath no helper.
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Psalms 140:12
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, {and} the right of the poor.
Job 5:15
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Exodus 22:22-24
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Psalms 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Job 21:7-9
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. {reprove: or, argue}