King James Version
Job 36:10 in the King James Version says “He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.” — study this verse from Job chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.”
Job 36:10 · KJV
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. perish: Heb. pass away
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He openeth”
H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
“to discipline”
H4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that they return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“from iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
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