The Meaning of Job 36:10 Explained

Job 36:10

KJV: He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

YLT: And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

Darby: And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

ASV: He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He openeth  also their ear  to discipline,  and commandeth  that they return  from iniquity. 

What does Job 36:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 36:1-33 - He Despiseth Not Any
God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever. He will stoop to thy low dungeon, whispering instruction to thine ear and commanding thee to return. There are broad places before thee in which there shall be no straitness; tables await thee full of fatness. Thy path leads from thy present prison-house into liberty and light.
Remember the unsearchable numbers of His years. Behold the wonderful machinery by which He collects from ocean, lake, and stream the clouds which, like floating cisterns, carry the waters to be bleached in the snow of the hills, and oxidized in the torrent beds! There is more love than terror in creation. Nature's myriad voices proclaim with Scripture, "God is love." He cannot, therefore, be indifferent to the righteous man or neglect him. He may discipline him to make him hate sin; but, when this end is attained, He will assuredly withdraw His rod, Job 36:10-11. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 36

1  Elihu shows how God is just in his ways
16  How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
24  God's works are to be magnified

What do the individual words in Job 36:10 mean?

And He opens their ear to instruction and commands that they turn from iniquity
וַיִּ֣גֶל אָ֭זְנָם לַמּוּסָ֑ר וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־ יְשֻׁב֥וּן מֵאָֽוֶן

וַיִּ֣גֶל  And  He  opens 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
אָ֭זְנָם  their  ear 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֹזֶן  
Sense: ear, as part of the body.
לַמּוּסָ֑ר  to  instruction 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מוּסָר  
Sense: discipline, chastening, correction.
וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶר  and  commands 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
כִּֽי־  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יְשֻׁב֥וּן  they  turn 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, Paragogic nun
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
מֵאָֽוֶן  from  iniquity 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָוֶן 
Sense: trouble, wickedness, sorrow.