Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 36:7
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings [are they] on the throne; yea, he doth establish them forever, and they are exalted.
7. The second half of the verse reads,
But with kings upon the throne
He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
God’s careful providence especially keeps the righteous, whom He exalts to the loftiest stations, 1Sa 2:8; Psa 113:7 seq.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous – That is, he constantly observes them, whether they are in the more elevated or humble ranks of life. Even though he afflicts them, his eye is upon them, and he does not forsake them. It will be remembered that one of the difficulties to be accounted for was, that they who professed to be righteous are subjected to severe trials. The friends of Job had maintained that such a fact was in itself proof that they who professed to be pious were not so, but were hypocrites. Job had verged to the other extreme, and had said that it looked as if God had forsaken those that loved him, and that there was no advantage in being righteous; notes, Job 35:2. Elihu takes a middle ground, and says that neither was the correct opinion. It is true, he says, that the righteous are afflicted, but they are not forsaken. The eye of God is still upon them, and he watches over them, whether on the throne or in dungeons, in order to bring good results out of their trials.
But with kings are they on the throne – That is, if the righteous are in the state of the highest earthly honor and prosperity, God is with them, and is their protector and friend. The same thing Elihu, in the following verses, says is true respecting the righteous, when they are in the most down-trodden and depressed condition.
Yea, he doth establish them for ever – The meaning of this is, that they are regarded by God with favor. When righteous kings are thus prospered, and have a permanent and peaceful reign, it is God who gives this prosperity to them. They are under his watchful eye, and his protecting hand.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. He withdraweth not his eyes] Exactly similar to those words of David, Ps 34:15: “The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous.”
But with kings are they on the throne] I think the words should be read thus:-“But with kings upon the throne shall he place them; and they shall be exalted for ever.” The word vaiyeshibem, he will establish or place them, should be added to the first clause, as I have done; and then the sense becomes much clearer. Instead of lanetsach, forever, perhaps to victory would be a better sense: “But with kings upon the throne will he place them; and they shall be exalted or triumph to victory.” This is precisely the same idea, and conveyed in nearly the same words, as that of our Lord: – “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne;” Re 3:21. “Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory,” c. Re 1:5-6.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
He never ceaseth to care for and watch over
the righteous, no, not when they are afflicted or persecuted, when he may seem to neglect them. Though they may be oppressed for a time, yet ofttimes he not only delivers them, but also raiseth them to the highest honour and happiness in this life; compare 1Sa 2:8; Psa 113:7,8; and their felicity is more stable and permanent than that of the wicked. Having mentioned the cause, that God did establish them; he now mentions the effect, that they are or continue to be exalted; they are not cast down from their dignity, as the wicked commonly are.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. (1Pe3:12). God does not forsake the godly, as Job implied, but”establishes,” or makes them sit on thethrone as kings (1Sa 2:8; Psa 113:7;Psa 113:8). True of believers inthe highest sense, already in part (1Pe 2:9;Rev 1:6); hereafter fully(Rev 5:10; Job 22:5).
and they arethatthey may be.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous,…. His eyes of providence are upon them to supply their temporal wants, and to protect and defend them from their enemies, and they are never off of them; his eyes of love, grace, and mercy, are upon them; he always viewed them as righteous in his Son, and through his righteousness imputed; and looked upon them with delight and pleasure, and always so views them; they are engraven on his heart and on his hands, and are ever before him, and in his sight: and his eyes are upon them from the beginning of the year to the end of it, yea, from one eternity to another; these were set upon them from everlasting, and are upon them in time; at the time of their conversion to quicken them, and call them by his grace; and afterwards they continue upon them under all their afflictions, temptations, and desertions, and ever will remain on them; they will never be withdrawn, nothing can separate them from the love of God;
but with kings [are they] on the throne; that is, either the eyes of the Lord are with them, even with righteous kings, as the Targum; to guide and direct them in the affairs of government, and to protect and preserve them from the designs of evil men: or the righteous are with kings on the throne, or are the favourites of kings that are on thrones; are admitted into their presence, and are highly esteemed by them, and have honour conferred on them, even to be the next to them in the throne and kingdom, as Joseph and Daniel, Ge 41:41: or rather, the righteous are equal to kings on the throne; they are so accounted of by the Lord as kings; they are made by him kings and priests, and are regarded by him as such; they have the power, and riches, and honour of kings; they have a kingdom of grace bestowed on them now, and a kingdom of glory they are entitled to hereafter; and shall reign with Christ on earth a thousand years, and in the ultimate glory to all eternity, Re 20:6;
yea, he doth establish them for ever; as righteous persons in their righteousness, which is an everlasting one; so that they shall never come into condemnation: they are established in the love of God, in the covenant of grace, in the hands of Christ, and in a state of grace now, and shall be in a stable permanent state of happiness to all eternity;
and they are exalted: now, being raised as beggars from the dung hill to sit among princes, even among the princes of God’s people; and they will be exalted hereafter, and sit at Christ’s right hand, and be introduced into his kingdom, where they will be set down with him in his throne, and reign with him for ever and ever, Re 22:5.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) From the righteousi.e., the righteous man. (Comp. Psa. 113:5-8.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. But with kings are exalted Read, And (even) with kings on the throne he makes them sit forever, and they are exalted. The moral elevation that attends the life of the righteous, though in another sphere, is not inferior to that of royalty. It emblems forth their future exaltation of which Elihu unconsciously speaks when they shall become “kings and priests unto God.” The subsequent allusion to fetters leads Grotius to think that the speaker has in view the advancement of Joseph from his prison to a throne.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Job 36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings [are they] on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
Ver. 7. He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous ] He is so lost in love, as I may say, toward such that he cannot like to look beside them; he beholdeth them when afflicted with singular care and complacency. Then, if ever, the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears open to their cry, Psa 34:15 ; then they may have anything of God, there being no time like that for heariug of prayers, Zec 13:9 . Times of affliction are times of supplication, Psa 50:15 ; Psa 91:15 . They are mollissima fandi tempora, Jer 51:19-21 . Then our hearts are largest, then God’s ears are most open. Neither his ears only, but his eyes too, are busied about his suffering servants, as the goldsmiths are about the gold cast into the furnace, that no grain thereof be lost. He sits down by the fire, saith Malachi, and tends it, as a refiner and purifier of silver, Job 3:3 . He refines them, but not as silver, Isa 48:10 , that is, not exactly, and to the utmost, lest they should be consumed in that fiery trial: he seeth to it that the choice spirits of his people fail not before him, Isa 57:16 , as they would do if he should bring upon them an evil, an only evil, Eze 7:5 , and not in the midst of judgment remember mercy.
But with kings are they on the throne
Yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
withdraw, 2Ch 16:9, Psa 33:18, Psa 34:15, Zep 3:17, 1Pe 3:12
with: Job 1:3, Job 42:12, Gen 23:6, Gen 41:40, 1Sa 2:8, Est 10:3, Psa 78:70-72, Psa 113:7, Psa 113:8
he doth: 2Sa 7:13-16, Psa 112:7-10, 2Th 3:3
Reciprocal: Job 10:3 – Is it good Psa 11:7 – his Psa 41:12 – settest Isa 22:23 – a glorious Isa 37:17 – Incline
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with {e} kings [are they] on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
(e) He prefers the godly to honour.