Holy Scripture

Job 36:9

A church father on this verse
“And if they shall be in chains, and bound with the cords of poverty, He will shew them their works, and their wickednesses, because they have been violent. The chains of bondage, are the very detention of their present pilgrimage. Paul had seen, that he was bound by these chains, when he was saying, I have a desire to…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVI

Source: Septuagint

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9And he shall recount to them their works, And their transgressions, for such will act with violence.

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7He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, But they shall be with kings on the throne: And he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.

8But they that are bound in fetters Shall be holden in cords of poverty.

— Job 36:9 —

10But he will hearken to the righteous: And he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.

11If they should hear and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in honor.

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