Job 36:14
12 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.
They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
16 Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
- KJV
- They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
- WEB
- They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
- ASV
- They die in youth, And their life [perisheth] among the unclean.
- DARBY
- Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
- BLB
- Their soul dies in youth, and their life among the male shrine prostitutes.
- ÅB
- De dør i ungdommen, og deres liv ender som tempel-bolernes[^2].
- OTB
- De dør i sin ungdom,
og deres liv ender blant helligdommens mannlige prostituerte. - B1930
- De dør i ungdommen, og deres liv ender som tempel-bolernes. / < 1KG 14, 24.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 22:16
They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
Read in contextJob 15:32
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 23:17
No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
Read in contextPsalms 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Read in contextJob 21:23–25
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
Read in contextGenesis 19:24–25
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
Read in contextGenesis 38:7–10
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
Read in contextGenesis 19:5
They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
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