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Job 36:12
12But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But if they refuse to listen to him, they will cross over the river of death, dying from lack of understanding.
Context of Job 36:12
10He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil. 11If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment. But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge. 13“The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help. 14They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
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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 raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.
- Deuteronomy 29:15who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God but also with those who are not here today.
- Isaiah 1:20but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.
- Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
- Job 4:21Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
- John 8:21Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, 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
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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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