Job 36:18
World English Bible (WEB)
Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
In context
16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
17 “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18 Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
20 Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Job 36:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
- KJV King James Version
- Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.