Bible Strands
Job 36:9
then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Elihu addresses Job and the afflicted, explaining God’s purpose after describing how people are bound by chains and cords of affliction. The speech occurs within a broader discourse on divine discipline and correction.
The words — The Hebrew יִתְגַּבְּרוּ (yit.ga.ber.u) literally means "they behave proudly," paired with פָּעֳלָם (po.o.la.m) for "their deeds" and פִשְׁעֵיהֶם (fish.ei.hem) for "their transgressions." God declares these specific actions to expose the arrogance behind the suffering.
The thread — This pattern of affliction revealing pride and prompting correction appears in Job 15:25, where the proud vaunt themselves against God, and in 1 Corinthians 11:32, where divine judgment serves as discipline to prevent condemnation. It aligns with Psalm 119:71, which frames affliction as a means to learn God’s statutes.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that suffering functions as a diagnostic tool exposing human arrogance rather than operating as a random punishment. It requires the reader to submit to divine correction instead of resisting it.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 11:32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- Job 15:25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Psalms 119:71 It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Deuteronomy 4:21 The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Psalms 5:10 Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
- Psalms 94:12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- Psalms 119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
- Isaiah 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities: