Job 36:12
But if they do not hearken, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
In Context
13But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They do not cry for help when he binds them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:15but with him who stands here with us this day before LORD our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day
Job 4:21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
Job 33:18He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! [It is] ill [with him], for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
John 8:21Jesus therefore again said to them, I go, and ye will seek me, and ye will die in your sin. Where I go, ye cannot come.
Matthew Henry on Job 36:6-15
5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. 8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; 9 Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. 10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and… Read the whole commentary →