Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with one blow: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.
New American Standard Bible
And do not let the greatness of the
King James Version
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Holman Bible
do not let a large ransom
International Standard Version
So that no one entices you with riches, don't let a large ransom turn you astray.
A Conservative Version
and there shall be wrath upon the impious because of the ungodliness of bribes which the unrighteous receive.
American Standard Version
For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
Amplified
“Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing;
And do not let the greatness and the extent of the ransom turn you aside.
Darby Translation
Because there is wrath, beware lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Because of wrath, lest he shall remove thee with smiting, and a multitude of covering shall not turn thee away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yes, [it is] wrath, so that it will not incite you into mockery; and do not let [the] ransom's greatness turn you aside.
Modern King James verseion
For beware wrath, that He not lure you with His scorn; then a great ransom cannot turn you aside.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For then shall not thy cause be stilled with cruelty, nor pacified with many gifts.
NET Bible
Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
New Heart English Bible
Do not let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
The Emphasized Bible
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with a stroke, Then let not, a great ransom, mislead thee.
Webster
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
World English Bible
Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
17 But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with one blow: then a great ransom cannot deliver you. 19 Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 33:24
Then he is gracious unto him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Ephesians 5:6
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Psalm 2:5
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and distress them in his great displeasure.
Psalm 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Psalm 39:10
Remove your scourge away from me: I am consumed by the blow of your hand.
Psalm 49:7-8
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Psalm 110:5
The Lord at your right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Isaiah 14:6
He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders.
Ezekiel 24:16
Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet neither shall you mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.
Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Romans 2:5
But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart treasure up unto yourself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself a ransom for all, this to be a testimony at the proper time.
Hebrews 2:3
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;