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Job 36:10 KJV
Job · chapter 36 · verse 10
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.Job 36:10 · King James Version
Job 36:10 in context
8And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
9Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- disciplinemûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- commandethʼâmarto sayH559 →
- openethgâlâhto denudeH1540 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- earʼôzenbroadnessH241 →
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Elihu, being to speak on God's behalf, and particularly to ascribe righteousness to his Maker, here shows that the disposals of divine Providence are all, not only according to the eternal counsels of his will, but according to the eternal rules of equity. God acts as a righteous governor, for, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-14