Job Chapter 36 verse 21 Holy Bible
Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.
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Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Take heed, don't regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction.
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Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than `on' affliction.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - Take heed, regard not iniquity; i.e. be on thy guard. Whilst thou art careful to preserve thy integrity and faith in God, do not fall into sin in other respects - as by impatient desires, or proud thoughts, or rash accusations of God. For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. Rather than acquiesce in thy afflictions and bear them patiently, thou hast elected to murmur, to complain, to question the justice of God, and speak overboldly concerning him. There is some ground for Elihu's condemnation; but it is excessive; it fails to make allowance for the extremity of Job's sufferings, and the disturbing influence of extreme suffering on the mind and judgment. It is, at any rate, more severe than God's judgment upon his servant (Job 38:2; Job 42:7).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) Regard not iniquity.--Or, perhaps, the special sin of longing for death, for thou hast desired to die rather than bear thine affliction. Alas! Job's case is not a solitary one, for who that has been tried as he was has not longed for the end?