Job 36:12
But if they will not listen, they will pass away by the sword and will be consumed by foolishness.
Catholic Public Domain 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
11If they listen and obey, they will fill their days with goodness and complete their years in glory.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:15but with all those who are present as well as those who are absent.
Job 4:21But those who are left behind will be taken away from them; they will die, and not in wisdom.
Job 33:18rescuing his soul from corruption and his life from passing away by the sword.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the impious man immersed in evil! For retribution will be given to him from his own hands.
John 8:21Therefore, Jesus again spoke to them: “I am going, and you shall seek me. And you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you are not able to go.”
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 →