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Job 36:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth to the afflicted [their] right.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He preserueth not the life of the wicked: but giueth right to the poore.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He does not preserve the life of the wicked; but gives justice to the poor.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
He preserveth not the life 2421
{2421} Prime
חָיַה
chayah
{khaw-yaw'}
A prim root (compare H2331, H2424); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
of the wicked: 7563
{7563} Prime
רָשָׁע
rasha`
{raw-shaw'}
From H7561; morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person.
but giveth 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
right 4941
{4941} Prime
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpat
{mish-pawt'}
From H8199; properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style.
to the poor. 6041
{6041} Prime
עָנִי
`aniy
{aw-nee'}
From H6031; depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035 subjectively and H6041 objectively).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 36:6

_ _ right ... poor — He espouses the cause of the afflicted.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 36:5-14.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 36:6

But — He will certainly in his time deliver his oppressed ones.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 36:6

He (d) preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

(d) Therefore he will not preserve the wicked, but to the humble and afflicted heart he will show grace.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
preserveth:

Job 21:7-9 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? ... Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.
Job 21:30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Psalms 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Jeremiah 12:1-2 Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? ... Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou [art] near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

giveth:

Job 29:12-17 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him. ... And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Psalms 9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Psalms 10:14-15 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. ... Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
Psalms 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 72:12-14 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper. ... He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Psalms 82:1-4 [[A Psalm of Asaph.]] God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. ... Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.
Proverbs 22:22-23 Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: ... For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

poor:
or, afflicted,
Exodus 22:22-24 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. ... And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Psalms 140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ex 22:22. Jb 21:7, 30; 29:12. Ps 9:12; 10:14; 55:23; 72:4, 12; 82:1; 140:12. Pv 22:22. Is 11:4. Jr 12:1. 2P 2:9.

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