Job Chapter 36 verse 15 Holy Bible
He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
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He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.
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But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
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He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
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He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
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He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression.
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He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - He delivereth the poor in his affliction; rather, he delivereth the afflicted by his affliction (see the Revised Version). Elihu recurs to what he had said in ver. 10 with respect to the discipline of affliction. The bulk of the afflictions sent by God are, according to him, intended to act medicinally. If the afflicted man receives them aright, they are the very means of his deliverance (comp. Psalm 119:67, 71; Hebrews 12:11). And openeth their ears in oppression; rather, by suffering. Their sufferings lead them to God, cause them to pay more attention to his Word, lead them to open their ears to his inward voice.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) He delivereth the poor in his affliction.--The point of Elihu's discourse is rather that He delivereth the afflicted by his affliction; He makes use of the very affliction to deliver him by it as a means, "and openeth their ears by oppression."