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11     If they hear and choose to serve Him,
        then they end their days in prosperity and their years in felicity.
12     But if they refuse to listen,
        then they will pass over to the land of death by the sword
        and will arrive, lacking any wisdom, at their death.
13     The sullied and impure stash away their anger.
        Even when He puts them in chains for their own good,
        they refuse to cry for His help.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:12 Or will cross the river