The Meaning of Job 36:7 Explained

Job 36:7

KJV: 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.

YLT: He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

Darby: He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.

ASV: He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Job 36:7 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 36:7 mean?

Not He does withdraw from the righteous His eyes but [they are] with kings on the throne for He has seated them forever and they are exalted
לֹֽא־ יִגְרַ֥ע מִצַּדִּ֗יק עֵ֫ינָ֥יו וְאֶת־ מְלָכִ֥ים לַכִּסֵּ֑א וַיֹּשִׁיבֵ֥ם לָ֝נֶ֗צַח וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ

יִגְרַ֥ע  He  does  withdraw 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּרַע 
Sense: to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip.
מִצַּדִּ֗יק  from  the  righteous 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
עֵ֫ינָ֥יו  His  eyes 
Parse: Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
וְאֶת־  but  [they  are]  with 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
מְלָכִ֥ים  kings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
לַכִּסֵּ֑א  on  the  throne 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כִּסֵּא 
Sense: seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool.
וַיֹּשִׁיבֵ֥ם  for  He  has  seated  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
לָ֝נֶ֗צַח  forever 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֵצַח  
Sense: eminence, perpetuity, strength, victory, enduring, everlastingness.
וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ  and  they  are  exalted 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: גָּבַהּ  
Sense: to be high, be exalted.