Job 36:12
But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.
13Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:15But with all that are present and that are absent.
Job 4:21And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.
Job 33:18Rescuing his soul from corruption : and his life from passing to the sword.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
John 8:21Again therefore Jesus said to them: I go, and you shall seek me, and you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you 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 →