Job 36:12
10 He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
13 The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
14 They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
- KJV
- But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
- WEB
- But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
- ASV
- But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
- DARBY
- But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
- BLB
- And if they do not obey, by a weapon they shall pass away, and they shall die as without knowledge.
- ÅB
- Hører de ikke, da skal de gjennombores av spydet og omkomme i sin uforstand.
- OTB
- Men hvis de ikke lytter, vil de møte sin ende ved sverdet
og gå bort uten forståelse. - B1930
- Hører de ikke, da skal de gjennembores av spydet og omkomme i sin uforstand.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 4:21
Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
Read in contextRomans 2:8–9
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:20
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 18:15–22
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
Read in contextJohn 8:21–24
Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:15–20
but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.
Read in contextJob 15:22
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
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