Job 36:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But if they do not listen, they shall perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword [of God's destructive judgments], and they shall die in ignorance of true knowledge.

American Standard Version (1901)

But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

Common English Bible

But if they don’t listen, they perish by the sword, breathe their last without understanding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But if they will not listen, they will pass away by the sword and will be consumed by foolishness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword: and shall be consumed in folly.

Job 36:12 Cross References

Job 15:22

They despair of returning from darkness, and they are destined for the sword.

Job 33:18

to spare their souls from the Pit, their lives from traversing the River.

Job 36:13

“The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.

Job 4:21

Their tent cord is plucked up within them, and they die devoid of wisdom.’

Proverbs 5:23

They die for lack of discipline, and because of their great folly they are lost.

Isaiah 1:20

but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are, for what their hands have done shall be done to them.

Joel 2:8

They do not jostle one another; each keeps to its own track; they burst through the weapons and are not halted.

1 Samuel 12:25

But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.”