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Bishop's Bible

Job 36:12

But if they wil not hearken, they shal go through the sworde, and perishe or euer they be aware.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Contingencies;   Death;   Righteous;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Deliverance;   Disobedience;   God;   Hearing;   Perishing;   Poverty;   Wrath;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armor;   Arms;   Elihu;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Arms, Armor;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But if they do not listen,they will cross the river of deathand die without knowledge.
Hebrew Names Version
But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge.
King James Version
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
English Standard Version
But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
New Century Version
But if they do not listen, they will die by the sword, and they will die without knowing why.
New English Translation
But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.
Amplified Bible
"But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God's destructive judgments] And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.
New American Standard Bible
"But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword, And die without knowledge.
World English Bible
But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if they wil not obey, they shal passe by the sworde, and perish without knowledge.
Legacy Standard Bible
But if they do not hear, they shall pass away by a weaponAnd they will breathe their last without knowledge.
Berean Standard Bible
But if they do not obey, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Contemporary English Version
But if they foolishly refuse, they will be rewarded with a violent death.
Complete Jewish Bible
But if they don't pay attention, they perish by the sword and die without learning their lesson.
Darby Translation
But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
Easy-to-Read Version
But if they refuse to obey him, they will be destroyed. They will die like fools.
George Lamsa Translation
But if they do not obey, they shall perish by destruction, and they shall perish without knowledge.
Good News Translation
But if not, they will die in ignorance and cross the stream into the world of the dead.
Lexham English Bible
But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword, and they pass away without knowledge.
Literal Translation
But if they do not hear, they shall pass away by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yff they will not obeye, they shall go thorow the swearde, & perish or euer they be awarre.
American Standard Version
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
King James Version (1611)
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
English Revised Version
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli if thei heren not, thei schulen passe bi swerd, and thei schulen be wastid in foli.
Update Bible Version
But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
Webster's Bible Translation
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
New King James Version
But if they do not obey,They shall perish by the sword,And they shall die without knowledge. [fn]
New Living Translation
But if they refuse to listen to him, they will cross over the river of death, dying from lack of understanding.
New Life Bible
But if they do not hear, they will die by the sword. They will die without learning.
New Revised Standard
But if they do not listen, they shall perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.
Revised Standard Version
But if they do not hearken, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.
Young's Literal Translation
And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword And they will die without knowledge.

Contextual Overview

5 Beholde, the great God casteth away no man, for he him selfe is mightie in power and wysdome. 6 As for the vngodly he shall not preserue him, but shall helpe the poore to their right. 7 He shal not turne his eyes away from the righteous, but as kinges shal they be in their throne, he shal stablish them for euer, and they shalbe exalted. 8 But if they be layde in chaynes, or bounde with the bondes of trouble, 9 Then wyll he shew them their worke, & their sinnes which haue ouercome them. 10 He with punishing and nurturing of them, roundeth them in the eares, warneth them to leaue of from their wickednesse, and to amende. 11 If they now wyll take heede & serue him, they shal weare out their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeres in pleasure. 12 But if they wil not hearken, they shal go through the sworde, and perishe or euer they be aware. 13 As for hypocrites in heart, they shall heape vp wrath [for them selues] for they call not vpon him, though they be his prisoners. 14 Thus shal their soule perishe in foolishnes, and their lyfe among the fornicatours.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if: Deuteronomy 18:15-22, Deuteronomy 29:15-20, Isaiah 1:20, Isaiah 3:11, Romans 2:8, Romans 2:9

perish: Heb. pass away

die: Job 4:21, John 8:21-24

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 28:9 - serve him Proverbs 5:23 - shall die Hosea 4:6 - for Joel 2:8 - sword

Cross-References

Genesis 14:7
And they returnyng, came to En-mispat, which is Cades, and smote all the countrey of the Amalecites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon-thamar.
Genesis 36:2
Esau toke his wiues of ye daughters of Chanaan: Ada ye daughter of Ebon an Hethite, and Aholibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sibeon an Heuite,
Genesis 36:8
Thus dwelt Esau in mounte Seir, the same Esau, is Edom.
Genesis 36:9
These are the generations of Esau, father of the Edomites in mount Seir.
Genesis 36:16
Duke Theman, duke Omar, duke Sepho, duke Cenaz, and duke Corah, duke Gatham, & duke Amalec: these are the dukes that came of Eliphas in the lande of Edom, and these were the sonnes of Ada.
Genesis 36:17
These also are the children of Rehuel Esaus sonne: duke Nahath, duke Serah, duke Samma, duke Mizza. These are the dukes that came of Rehuel, in the lande of Edom: and these are the sonnes of Basemath Esaus wyfe.
Genesis 36:18
These were the chyldren of Aholibama Esaus wyfe: duke Iehus, duke Ialam, duke Corah: these dukes came of Aholibama the daughter of Ana Esaus wyfe.
Genesis 36:19
These are the chyldren of Esau, and these are the dukes of them, whiche Esau is Edom.
Genesis 36:20
These are the chyldren of Seir the Horite, the inhabitauntes of the lande, Lotan, and Sobal, & Sebeon, & Ana,
Genesis 36:22
And the chyldren of Lotan, were Hori, and Hemam: and Lotans sister [was called] Thimna.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if they obey not,.... Who seem to be righteous and are not; and when afflicted are not submissive to the will of God; attend not to the voice of his providence; receive no instruction thereby; but kick against the pricks, and rebel, against God; complain of him, and murmur at his dealings with them:

they shall perish by the sword; or they shall pass away out of the world by it, or by some missive weapon: they shall die a violent death, by the sword of justice, of the civil magistrate, or by the sword of men; or, as a Jewish commentator r paraphrases it, by the dart of death, by the sword of Satan, they shall pass out of this world;

and they shall die without knowledge; without knowledge of their death being near, it coming upon them suddenly and at unawares; or without knowledge of themselves and of their miserable and lost estate; and without knowledge of Christ, and of God in Christ, and of the way of salvation by him. Or they shall perish for lack of knowledge; because they have none; through ignorance and that affected; they know not nor will they understand, but despise the means of knowledge, and hate instruction.

r R. Simeon, Bar Tzemach.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But if they obey not - If those who are afflicted do not turn to God, and yield him obedience, they must expect that he will continue their calamities until they are cut off.

They shall perish by the sword - Margin, as in Hebrew “pass away.” The word rendered “sword” (שׁלח shelach) means properly “anything sent” - as a spear or an arrow - “a missile” - and then an instrument of war in general. It may be applied to any weapon that is used to produce death. The idea here is, that the man who was afflicted on account of the sins which he had committed, and who did not repent of them and turn to God, would be cut off. God would not withdraw his hand unless he acknowledged his offences. As he had undertaken the work of discipline, he could not consistently do it, for it would be in fact “yielding” the point to him whom he chastised. This “may” be the case now, and the statement here made by Elihu may involve a principle which will explain the cause of the death of many persons, even of the professedly pious. They are devoted to gain or amusement; they seek the honors of the world for their families or themselves, and in fact they make no advances in piety, and are doing nothing for the cause of religion. God lays his hand upon them at first gently. They lose their health, or a part of their property. But the discipline is not effectual. He then lays his band on them with more severity, and takes from them an endeared child. Still, all is ineffectual. The sorrow of the affliction passes away, and they mingle again in the frivolous and busy scenes of life as worldly as ever, and exert no influence in favor of religion. Another blow is needful, and blow after blow is struck; but nothing overcomes their worldliness, nothing makes them devotedly and sincerely useful, and it becomes necessary to remove them from the world.

They shall die without knowledge - That is, without any true knowledge of the plans and government of God, or of the reasons why he brought these afflictions upon them. In all their sufferings they never “saw” the design. They complained, and murmured, and charged God with severity, but they never understood that the affliction was intended for their own benefit.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 36:12. But if they obey not — This also is a general rule, from which, in the course of Providence, there are only few, and those only apparent, deviations. Instead of they shall perish by the sword, the meaning of the Hebrew בשלח יעברו beshelach yaaboru, is, "By a dart they shall pass by." They shall be in continual dangers, and often fall before they have lived out half their days. Mr. Good translates: They pass by as an arrow. The VULGATE: Transibunt per gladium. "They shall pass away by the sword."


 
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