Job 36:6 (BSB)
He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
Commentary on Job 36:6
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 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.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Job 36:6: He preserveth not the life of the wicked,.... He makes a difference between wicked and righteous men, which shows him to be a holy and righteous God; though he preserves the life of all men so long as they live, yet not in the same way; he preserves the lives of wicked men in the common course of his providence, but not in a special...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Job 36:6: right . . . poor--He espouses the cause of the afflicted.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Job 36:6: He 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.