Job 36:18-21

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

¹⁸ Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,
and let not the greatness of _o the ransom turn you aside.
¹⁹ Will your _p cry for help avail to keep you from distress,
or all the force of your strength?
²⁰ Do not long for _q the night,
when peoples vanish _r in their place.
²¹ Take care; _s do not turn to iniquity,
for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

1. Cross References
   Job 33:24
   And he is merciful to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom.
   
2. Cross References
   Proverbs 11:4
   Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
   
3. Cross References
   Job 27:20
   Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
   Job 34:20
   In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
   Job 34:25
   Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
   
4. Cross References
   Job 40:12
   Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 66:18
   If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.