God’s Word Translation
Job 36:14
14They die while they’re young, or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols.
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 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. They die while they’re young, or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols. 15He rescues suffering people through their suffering, and he opens their ears through distress. 16“Yes, he lured you away from the jaws of trouble into an open area where you were not restrained, and your table was covered with rich foods.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:14 word by word
תָּמֹ֣ת בַּנֹּ֣עַר נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:14
- Job 15:32It will happen before his time has come, and his branch will not become green.
- Job 21:23One person dies in his prime and feels altogether happy and contented.
- Job 22:16They are snatched up before their time. A river washes their foundation away.
- Genesis 38:7Er angered the Lord. So the Lord took away his life.
- Leviticus 10:1Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took an incense burner and put burning coals and incense in it. Then in the Lord’s presence they offered this unauthorized fire.
- Psalms 55:23But you, O God, will throw ⌞wicked people⌟ into the deepest pit. Bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I will trust you.
- Genesis 19:5They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to ⌞stay with⌟ you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
- Deuteronomy 23:17No Israelite man or woman should ever become a temple prostitute.
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
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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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