Job 36:8

But if they are bound in chains, ¹  and held captive by the cords of affliction,

But if men are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,

"And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction,

If troubles come upon them and they are enslaved and afflicted,

When things go badly, when affliction and suffering descend,

And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,

And if they are bound in fetters and caught in the cords of affliction,

And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of affliction,

But if they are bound in chains, ¹  and held captive by the cords of affliction,

¹ tn Dhorme thinks that the verse is still talking about kings, who may be in captivity. But this diverts attention from Elihu’s emphasis on the righteous.