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Job 36:8 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Job 36:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 36 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;”
Job 36:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 36:8
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction—The Hebrew uses two images of captivity: זִקִּים (ziqim, "fetters/chains") for physical bondage and חַבְלֵי־עֹנִי (chavlei-oni, "cords of affliction") for suffering's constraining power. The verb יִלָּכְדוּ (yillakedu, "be holden/caught") suggests entrapment, like prey in a hunter's snare (Psalm 124:7).Elihu shifts his argument: when the righteous suffer (verse 7 promised their exaltation), it serves pedagogical purposes. Affliction becomes God's classroom where He reveals hidden sin and prevents greater transgression. This ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 36:8
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“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself”
“being bound in affliction and iron”
“and his life from perishing by the sword.”
“and has surrounded me with his net.”
“The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.”
“the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.”
“He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone”
“and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet”