Bible verse
But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Job 36:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 36.
8 And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
9 then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
10 He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
12 But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
13 The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
14 They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
16 Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
KJV
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
ASV
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
ERV
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
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