to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
ear
אָ֭זְנָם'A.ze.nom
H241
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in ma… · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
discipline
לַמּוּסָ֑רla.mu.Sar
H4148
properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
commandeth
וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.mer
H559
to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
return
יְשֻׁב֥וּןye.shu.Vun
H7725
to turn back (hence · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
iniquity
מֵאָֽוֶןme.'A.ven
H205
strictly nothingness · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
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Cross-references
Job 36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Matthew 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
2 Kings 17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, an…
Job 33:16-23 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
Proverbs 8:4-5 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Isaiah 1:16-20 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isaiah 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the wa…
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Job 36:5-14
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. He does not think it below him to take notice of the meanest of his subjects, nor does poverty or obscurity set any at a distance from his favour. If men are mighty, they are apt to look with a haughty disdain upon those that are not of distinction and make no figure; but God is mighty, infinitely so, and yet he despises not any, Job 36:5. He humbles himself to take cognizance of the affairs of the…
He openeth also their ear - He gives them to understand the reason why they are thus corrected, and commands them to return from those iniquities which have induced him to visit them with afflictions and distresses.
John Gill on Job 36:10
He openeth also their ear to discipline,.... Or "to correction" (o); to the rod of correction; to hear the voice of it and him that has appointed it; its reproving voice for sin, its directing voice to duty, and its commanding voice to return from iniquity, as in the next clause. Or "to instruction" (p); God's corrections of his people being instructions to them, whereby they learn more of their duty, and of the rich experiences of grace; their faith, hope, love, and patience, are tried and increased hereby; and more of the love of God, of his care and faithfulness, of his covenant, of his gracious presence, and communion with God, what it is; and even of the doctrines of the everlasting Gos…
"But he will hear the just," he who lives by faith (6); so that he attributes to grace, and not to his own merits, not only the degree of justice which he is now practicing, but still all. what remains to be practiced to be entirely delivered from all evil from sin; from this, which the truth teaches to the faithful established in the faith, when they are wrapped in the nets of misery; for they are held in these shackles, before being exalted and sitting for ever on their thrones with kings. "He said, They will turn away from unrighteousness. He said, we must imply, God.
He will open also their ear, to correct them, and will speak to them that they return from iniquity. To 'open the ear from iniquity,' is to lay open the understanding of knowledge. But a man is reproved, and his ear opened, when he feels within him a desire after eternal goods, and acknowledges the sins which he has outwardly committed. But temporal punishment can also be understood by the chains and cords of poverty. For they who hear not the words of their Ruler, are frequently warned by the blows of the Smiter; in order that punishments, at least, may lead them onwards to good desires, whom rewards do not invite. Whence it is said by the prophet, Bind with bit and bridle the jaws of those who do not draw near to Thee. But if they despise even scourges, it is plain that they there feel the sufferings of heavier punishments, the more they here trample down the grace of greater consideration. ...
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on Job 36:8-10
8 And if they are bound with chains,
Holden in cords of affliction:
9 Then He declareth to them their doing
And their transgressions, that they have been vainglorious;
10 Then He openeth their ear to warning,
And commandeth them to turn from iniquity.
The subj. is in no case the רשׁעים (Hahn), but the צדיקים, or those who are as susceptible to discipline as it is needful to them, just as in Ps 107, which in general presents many instances for an extensive comparison with the speeches of Elihu. The chains, Job 36:8, are meant literally, and the bands, Job 36:8, figuratively; the Psalmist couples both in אסירי עני וברזל, Psa 107:10. The conclusion begins with Job 36:9, and is repeated in anoth…
The biblical principle that God never takes his eyes off the innocent (2 Chr 16:9; Pss 33:18; 34:15; 1 Pet 3:12) answered Job’s frustration about divine surveillance (Job 7:17-21).
Rashi on Job 36:10
and He says that with sufferings, they will repent of iniquity.
