Job 36:11
If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
In Context
10And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
12And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:30in distress [being] to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened to His voice;
Job 11:13If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
Job 22:21Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.
Job 42:12And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Proverbs 1:33And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!'
Isaiah 1:19If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,
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 →