King James Version
Job 36:15 in the King James Version says “He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. poor: or, afflicted” — study this verse from Job chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. poor: or, afflicted”
Job 36:15 · KJV
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. They: Heb. Their soul dieth unclean: or, sodomites
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. poor: or, afflicted
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. that: Heb. the rest of thy table
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. take: or, should uphold thee
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He delivereth”
H2502to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflexive) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
“and openeth”
H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
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