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

¹² 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

¹² But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² 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)

¹² But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

Common English Bible

¹² But if they don’t listen, they perish by the sword, breathe their last without understanding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² 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

¹² 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.”