Job 36:6
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
KJV
sed non salvat impios, et judicium pauperibus tribuit.
Vulgate
ἀσεβῆ οὐ μὴ ζωοποιήσει, καὶ κρίμα πτωχῶν δώσει.
LXX
He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.
ASV
לֹא יְחַיֶּ֥ה רָשָׁ֑ע וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֖ט עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִתֵּֽן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 422×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
עָנִ֣י
'ny
adjective · 77×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 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’
- 2Pet 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:
- Exod 22:22 — Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
- Isa 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
- Jer 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
- Job 5:15 — But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
- Job 21:7 — Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
- Job 21:30 — That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
- Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
- Prov 22:22 — Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
- Ps 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
- Ps 10:14 — Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
- Ps 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 72:12 — For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
- Ps 82:1 — God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
- Ps 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
- Ps 140:12 — I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.