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Job 36:15

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36:15He delivers the afflicted by27 their28 afflictions,

he reveals himself to them29 by their suffering.

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Footnotes

  1. 27 The preposition בּ (bet) in these two lines is not location but instrument, not “in” but “by means of.” The affliction and the oppression serve as a warning for sin, and therefore a means of salvation.
  2. 28 Heb “his.”
  3. 29 Heb “he uncovers their ear.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He delivers the afflicted by their affliction

and opens their ear by adversity.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering;

he speaks to them in their affliction.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;

he instructs them by their torment.

NLTNew Living Translation

But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.

For he gets their attention through adversity.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He delivers the afflicted by his misery,

and he opens their ears by the adversity.

KJV 1900King James Version

He delivereth the poor in his affliction,

And openeth their ears in oppression.