Job 36:12
And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
Young's Literal Translation
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 do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
13And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:15but with him who is here with us, standing to-day before Jehovah our God, and with him who is not here with us to-day,
Job 4:21Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!
Job 33:18He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked — evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.
John 8:21therefore said Jesus again to them, 'I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to 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 →