Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
New American Standard Bible
And they will
King James Version
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Holman Bible
they will cross the river of death
and die without knowledge.
International Standard Version
"But if they won't listen, they'll perish by the sword and die in their ignorance.
A Conservative Version
But if they do not hearken, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
American Standard Version
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
Amplified
“But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments]
And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.
Darby Translation
But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
Julia Smith Translation
And if they will not hear, they shall pass away by the spear, and they shall expire without knowledge.
King James 2000
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But if they do not listen, they perish by [the] sword, and they pass away without knowledge.
Modern King James verseion
But if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But if they will not obey, they shall go through the sword, and perish before they be aware.
NET Bible
But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.
New Heart English Bible
But if they do not listen, they shall perish by the sword; they shall die without knowledge.
The Emphasized Bible
But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.
Webster
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
World English Bible
But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; they shall die without knowledge.
Interlinear
References
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
11 If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness. 12 And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge. 13 And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
Cross References
Job 4:21
Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!
Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.
Deuteronomy 18:15-22
A prophet out of thy midst, out of thy brethren, like to me, doth Jehovah thy God raise up to thee -- unto him ye hearken;
Deuteronomy 29:15-20
but with him who is here with us, standing to-day before Jehovah our God, and with him who is not here with us to-day,
Job 15:22
He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.
Isaiah 1:20
And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, By the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
John 8:21-24
therefore said Jesus again to them, 'I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'
Romans 2:8-9
and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,