Job 36:21 Meaning and Explanation
“Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.”
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Read Full Chapter →Elihu warns Job not to turn to iniquity, which he says Job has favored over patient endurance of affliction.
What Does Job 36:21 Mean?
Elihu issues a sharp caution: let Job not lean toward sin, for he seems to have preferred resentment to the humble bearing of his trial. The danger in suffering, Elihu sees, is that it can tempt the sufferer into the very wrong he protests.
The verse holds up a real choice that affliction forces: bitterness or trust. To regard not iniquity is to refuse the path that pain tempts us to take. This is the patient endurance Scripture commends, the way perfectly walked by Christ, who in suffering committed Himself to the Father without sin.
Job 36:21 in the Original Language
aven (אָוֶן), 'iniquity' -- wickedness, trouble, the harm born of wrongdoing.
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What does Job 36:21 mean?
Elihu warns Job not to turn to iniquity, which he says Job has favored over patient endurance of affliction.