New King James Version
Job 36:12
12But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall 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.
- 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 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 also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity. 11If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. 13“But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them. 14They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons.
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 18:15“The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear,
- Deuteronomy 29:15but with him who stands here with us today before the Lord our God, as well as with him who is not here with us today
- Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Romans 2:8but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,
- Job 4:21Does not their own excellence go away? They die, even without wisdom.’
- John 8:21Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek Me, and 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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