Job 36:7

He does not take his eyes ¹  off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous ²  and exalts them forever. ³ 

Ge 23:6; Ge 41:40; 1Sa 2:8; 2Sa 7:13-16; 2Ch 16:9; Es 10:3; Job 1:3; Job 42:12; Ps 33:18; Ps 34:15; Ps 78:70-72; Ps 112:7-10; Ps 113:7,8; Zep 3:17; 2Th 3:3; 1Pe 3:12

¹ tc Many commentators accept the change of “his eyes” to “his right” (reading דִּינוֹ [dino] for עֵינָיו [’enayv]). There is no compelling reason for the change; it makes the line commonplace.

² tn Heb “them”; the referent (the righteous) has been repeated from the first part of the verse for clarity.

³ tn Heb “he seats them forever and exalts them.” The last verb can be understood as expressing a logical consequence of the preceding action (cf. GKC 328 §111.l = “he seats them forever so that he exalts them”). Or the two verbs can be taken as an adverbial hendiadys whereby the first modifies the second adverbially: “he exalts them by seating them forever” or “when he seats them forever” (cf. GKC 326 §111.d). Some interpret this verse to say that God seats kings on the throne, making a change in subject in the middle of the verse. But it makes better sense to see the righteous as the subject matter throughout – they are not only protected, but are exalted.