King James Version
Job 36:21 in the King James Version says “Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.” — study this verse from Job chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.”
Job 36:21 · KJV
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Take heed”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“not iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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