Job 36:7 | KD | STEP | Behold, God is mighty, and yet doth not act scornfully, Mighty in power of understanding. 6 He preserveth not the life of the ungodly, And to the afflicted He giveth right. 7 He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne He establisheth them for ever, and they are exalted. The obj. that must be mentally supplied to ימאס ולא is, as in , to be derived from the connection. The idea of the verb is, as in : He is exalted, without however looking down disdainfully ( non despicit ) from His height, or more definitely: without setting Himself above the justice due to even the meanest of His creatures - great in power of heart (comp. אנשׁי לבב, Arab. ûlû - l - elbâb ), i.e., understanding (νοῦς πνεῦμα), to see through right and wrong everywhere and altogether. , describe how His rule among men evinces this not merely outward but spiritual superiority coupled with condescension to the lowly. The notion of the object, ואת־מלכים לכּסּא (as the subject), becomes the more distinctly prominent by virtue of the fut. consec. which follows like a conclusion, and takes it up again. Ewald thinks this explanation contrary to the accents and the structure of the sentence itself; but it is perfectly consistent with the former, and indisputably syntactic (Ges. §129, 2, b , and Ew. himself, §344, b ). , comp. , , shows how לכסא is intended (He causes them to sit upon the throne). ; ; Psa 113:7. are parallel passages.

‏ Job 36:7

Job 36:5-7 5 Behold, God is mighty, and yet doth not act scornfully,

Mighty in power of understanding. 6 He preserveth not the life of the ungodly,

And to the afflicted He giveth right. 7 He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous,

But with kings on the throne

He establisheth them for ever, and they are exalted.

The obj. that must be mentally supplied to ימאס ולא is, as in Job 42:6, to be derived from the connection. The idea of the verb is, as in Job 8:20 : He is exalted, without however looking down disdainfully (non despicit) from His height, or more definitely: without setting Himself above the justice due to even the meanest of His creatures - great in power of heart (comp. Job 34:33 אנשׁי לבב, Arab. ûlû - l - elbâb), i.e., understanding (νοῦς πνεῦμα), to see through right and wrong everywhere and altogether. Job 36:6, Job 36:7 describe how His rule among men evinces this not merely outward but spiritual superiority coupled with condescension to the lowly. The notion of the object, ואת־מלכים לכּסּא (as Isa 9:11 the subject), becomes the more distinctly prominent by virtue of the fut. consec. which follows like a conclusion, and takes it up again. Ewald thinks this explanation contrary to the accents and the structure of the sentence itself; but it is perfectly consistent with the former, and indisputably syntactic (Ges. §129, 2, b, and Ew. himself, §344, b). Psa 9:5, comp. Psa 132:12, Isa 47:1, shows how לכסא is intended (He causes them to sit upon the throne). Job 5:11; 1Sa 2:8; Psa 113:7. are parallel passages.