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 hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. 13But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them. They die in youth, And their lifeperisheth among the unclean. 15He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression. 16Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

Job 36:14 word by word

תָּמֹ֣ת בַּנֹּ֣עַר נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

• dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• youthנֹ֫עַרnô‛ar · youthH5290
• lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for Job 36:14

• Job 15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
• Job 21:23One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
• Job 22:16Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
• Genesis 38:7And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah slew him.
• Leviticus 10:1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them.
• Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
• Genesis 19:5and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
• Deuteronomy 23:17There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of 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

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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