Job 36:12

But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

American Standard 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 hearken and serve [him], They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

13But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:15but with him that standeth here with us this day before Jehovah our God, and also with him that 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 keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

John 8:21He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither 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 →

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