A common misinterpretation of this verse is to take it as a promise of immediate divine intervention where the wicked always die young or suffer instantly while the poor are guaranteed prosperity, ignoring biblical examples like the temporary success of the wicked in Psalms or Job itself, and overlooking that poverty can coexist with personal sin; this reduces God's complex justice to simplistic prosperity gospel formulas rather than recognizing His ultimate, not always immediate, vindication and judgment.
Job 36:6
King James Version (1769)
6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
In Job 36:6, Elihu emphasizes God's impartial justice, declaring that He does not preserve the wicked indefinitely but upholds the rights and cause of the poor and oppressed, illustrating divine righteousness that protects the vulnerable while ensuring accountability for evil, fitting into the broader theme of God's sovereign governance over human affairs as defended against Job's complaints.