Job 36:12
But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Majority Standard Bible
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 obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
13The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:15but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.
Job 4:21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
Job 33:18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
John 8:21Again Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, 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 →