Job 36:8 · KJV
“And if {they be} bound in fetters, {and} be holden in cords of affliction;”
— Job 36:8
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.
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
Job 36 — Context
He 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;
9Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. {sins: Heb. sin}
Psalms 107:10
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, {being} bound in affliction and iron;
Job 13:27
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. {lookest...: Heb. observest} {heels: Heb. roots}
Job 33:18-19
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. {from perishing: Heb. from passing}
Psalms 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. {sorrows: or, cords}
Lamentations 3:9
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Job 19:6
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Psalms 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. {gat...: Heb. found me}