Job 36:12

But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.

World English Bible Classic

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 serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

13“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:15but with those who stand here with us today before the LORD our God, and also with those who are not here with us today

Job 4:21Isn’t 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! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.

John 8:21Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t 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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