11 (A)If they obey and serve him, they shall end their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures:

12 But if they will not obey, they shall pass by the sword and perish [a]without knowledge.

13 But the hypocrites [b]of heart increase the wrath: for they [c]call not when he bindeth them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:12 That is, in their folly or obstination, and so shall be cause of their own destruction.
  2. Job 36:13 Which are maliciously bent against God, and flatter themselves in their vices.
  3. Job 36:13 When they are in affliction, they seek not to God for succor, as Asa in 2 Chron. 16:12; Rev.16:11.

11 If they obey and serve him,(A)
    they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity(B)
    and their years in contentment.(C)
12 But if they do not listen,
    they will perish by the sword[a](D)
    and die without knowledge.(E)

13 “The godless in heart(F) harbor resentment;(G)
    even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.(H)

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  1. Job 36:12 Or will cross the river