Job 36:14

Job 36:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
• New International Version (NIV)They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons.

Context of Job 36:14

12But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments] And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge. 13But the godless in heart store up anger [at the divine discipline]; They do not cry [to Him] for help when He binds them [with cords of affliction]. They die in youth, And their life ends among the cult prostitutes. 15He rescues the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ears [so that they pay attention to His voice] in times of oppression. 16Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress and confinement, Into a broad place where there is no constraint or distress; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness (rich food).

Job 36:14 word by word

תָּמֹ֣ת בַּנֹּ֣עַר נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Theyנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in youthנֹ֫עַרnô‛ar · youthH5290
• and their lifeחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• among the uncleanקָדֵשׁqâdêsh · male cult prostituteH6945

Cross-references for Job 36:14

• Job 15:32It will be fulfilled while he still lives, And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].
• Job 21:23One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
• Job 22:16Men who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were poured out like a river?
• Genesis 38:7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord killed him [in judgment].
• Leviticus 10:1Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective [ceremonial] censers, put fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange (unauthorized, unacceptable) fire before the Lord, [an act] which He had not commanded them to do.
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction; Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days. But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
• Genesis 19:5and they called out to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may know them [intimately].”
• Deuteronomy 23:17“There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute (a sodomite) among the sons of Israel.

Commentaries on Job 36:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14They die in youth - Exactly what the psalmist says, "Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days," Psalm 55:23. Literally, the words of Elihu are, "They shall die in the youth of their soul." Their life is among the unclean - בקדשים bakedeshim, among the whores, harlots, prostitutes, and sodomites. In this sense the word is used, though it also signifies consecrated persons; but we know that in idolatry characters of this kind were…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14They die in youth - Margin, “Their soul dieth.” The word “soul” or “life” in the Hebrew is used to denote oneself. The meaning is, that they would soon be cut down, and share the lot of the openly wicked. If they amended their lives they might be spared, and continue to live in prosperity and honor; if they did not, whether openly wicked or hypocrites. they would be early cut off. And their life is amnong the unclean - Margin, “Sodomites.” The idea is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to dispose our hearts to be taught: affliction makes people willing to learn, through the grace of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. Same sentiment as Job 36:11, 12, expanded. hypocrites--or, the ungodly [Maurer]; but "hypocrites" is perhaps a distinct class from the openly wicked (Job 36:12). heap up wrath--of God against themselves (Ro 2:5). Umbreit translates, "nourish their wrath against God," instead of "crying" unto Him. This suits well the parallelism and the Hebrew. But the English Version gives a good parallelism, "hypocrites" answering to "cry not" (Job 27:8, 10)…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 36:14

• Death
• Hypocrisy
• Sodomites

In the dictionaries

• Ascribe
• Elihu
• Esteem
• Hang
• Crime; Crimes
• Death
• God
• Male

Commentaries on Job 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings