Job 36:12

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 opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil. 11If they hear and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasures. But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword And they will die without knowledge. 13But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them. 14They die in youth, And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes.

Job 36:12 word by word

וְאִם־לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁ֣לַח יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ כִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃Read the interlinear

• But ifאִם'im · ifH518
• they do not hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• perishעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• dieגָּוַעgâva‛ · to dieH1478
• withoutבְּלִיbelîy · withoutH1097
• knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847

Cross-references for Job 36:12

• Deuteronomy 18:15“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.
• Deuteronomy 29:15but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God and with those who are not with us here today
• Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword.” Truly, the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him.
• Romans 2:8but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.
• Job 4:21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.’
• John 8:21Then He said again to them, “I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”

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

Topics related to Job 36:12

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Contingencies
• Death
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

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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