Job 36:11

Job 36:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
• New International Version (NIV)If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

Context of Job 36:11

9Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased. 10And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. 12But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge. 13But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:

Job 36:11 word by word

אִֽם־יִשְׁמְע֗וּ וְֽיַ֫עֲבֹ֥דוּ יְכַלּ֣וּ יְמֵיהֶ֣ם בַּטּ֑וֹב וּ֝שְׁנֵיהֶ֗ם בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141

Cross-references for Job 36:11

• Job 22:21Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
• Deuteronomy 4:30In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice,
• Jeremiah 7:23but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
• Jeremiah 26:13And now, amend your ways and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
• Romans 6:17But thanks [be] to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching into which ye were instructed.
• Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.
• Job 11:13If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
• Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
• Job 22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
• Job 42:12And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
• Ecclesiastes 9:2All things [come] alike to all: one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
• James 5:5Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts [as] in a day of slaughter;
• Revelation 18:7So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:

Commentaries on Job 36:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11If they obey and serve him - There may appear in the course of Providence to be some exceptions to this general rule; but it is most true, that this is literally or spiritually fulfilled to all the genuine followers of God. Every man is happy, in whatsoever circumstances, whose heart is unreservedly dedicated to his Maker.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11If they obey and serve him - That is, if, as the result of their afflictions, they repent of their sins, seek his mercy, and serve him in time to come, they shall be prospered still. The design of affliction, Elihu says, is, not to cut them off, but to bring them to repentance. This sentiment he had advanced and illustrated before at greater length; see the notes at Job 33:23-28. The object of all this is, doubtless, to assure Job that he should not…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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity: This is a true biblical principle of dedication to God (repentance) (see 11:13–19; 22:21–25; Deuteronomy 4:30; Jeremiah 7:23; 26:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. serve--that is, worship; as in Is 19:23. God is to be supplied (compare Is 1:19, 20).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 36:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blessing
• Contingencies
• Righteous

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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