God’s Word Translation
Job 36:12
12But if they don’t listen, they will cross the River ⌞of Death⌟ and die like those who have no knowledge.
Job 36:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
- New International Version (NIV)But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
Context of Job 36:12
10He makes them listen to his warning and orders them to turn away from wrong. 11“If righteous people listen and serve ⌞him⌟, they will live out their days in prosperity and their years in comfort. But if they don’t listen, they will cross the River ⌞of Death⌟ and die like those who have no knowledge. 13But those who have godless hearts remain angry. They don’t even call for help when he chains them up. 14They die while they’re young, or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:12 word by word
וְאִם־לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁ֣לַח יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ כִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:12
- Deuteronomy 18:15The Lord your God will send you a prophet, an Israelite like me. You must listen to him.
- Deuteronomy 29:15It is for those of you who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God and also for those who are not here today.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be destroyed by swords.” The Lord has spoken.
- Isaiah 3:11How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done will be done to them.
- Romans 2:8anger and fury on those who, in selfish pride, refuse to believe the truth and who follow what is wrong.
- Job 4:21Haven’t the ropes of their tent been loosened? Won’t they die without wisdom?
- John 8:21Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, “I’m going away, and you’ll look for me. But you will die because of your sin. You can’t go where I’m going.”
Commentaries on Job 36:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12But if they obey not - This also is a general rule, from which, in the course of Providence, there are only few, and those only apparent, deviations. Instead of they shall perish by the sword, the meaning of the Hebrew יעברו בשלח beshelach yaaboru, is, "By a dart they shall pass by." They shall be in continual dangers, and often fall before they have lived out half their days. Mr. Good translates: They pass by as an arrow. The Vulgate: Transibunt per…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12But if they obey not - If those who are afflicted do not turn to God, and yield him obedience, they must expect that he will continue their calamities until they are cut off. They shall perish by the sword - Margin, as in Hebrew “pass away.” The word rendered “sword” (שׁלח shelach ) means properly “anything sent” - as a spear or an arrow - “a missile” - and then an instrument of war in general. It may be applied to any weapon that is used to produce…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. 12die without knowledge: See also 4:21; Proverbs 5:23; 10:21.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. (Job 33:18). without knowledge--that is, on account of their foolishness (Job 4:20, 21).Read the comment
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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
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