Job 36:10

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Summary

Job 36:10

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

Openeth

Commandeth

Bible References

Openeth

He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

And I have not put myself against him, or let my heart be turned back from him.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

Commandeth

How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men.

Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:

Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says, Let your ways and your doings be changed for the better and I will let you go on living in this place.

For this cause I will be your judge, O children of Israel, judging every man by his ways, says the Lord. Come back and be turned from all your sins; so that they may not be the cause of your falling into evil.

O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.

Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;

Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.