Job 36:8 meaning and explanation
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
Job 36:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Elihu, the younger speaker in Job's dialogue, is defending God's justice to Job. Here he pictures suffering as chains and cords that bind a person, and in the verses that follow he says God uses that binding to open their ears, name their deeds and call them to turn from pride.
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