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Job 36:11-13
New English Translation
Job 36:11-13
New English Translation
11 If they obey and serve him,
they live out their days in prosperity
and their years in pleasantness.[a]
12 But if they refuse to listen,
they pass over the river of death,[b]
and expire without knowledge.
13 The godless at heart[c] nourish anger,[d]
they do not cry out even when he binds them.
Footnotes
- Job 36:11 tc Some commentators delete this last line for metrical considerations. But there is no textual evidence for the deletion; it is simply the attempt by some to make the meter rigid.
- Job 36:12 tn This is a similar expression to the one in Job 33:18, where the suggestion was made by many that it means crossing over the canal or river of death. Some retain the earlier interpretation of “perish by the sword” (cf. NIV).
- Job 36:13 tn The expression “godless [or hypocrite] in heart” is an intensification of the description. It conveys that they are intentionally godless. See Matt 23:28.
- Job 36:13 tn Heb “they put anger.” This is usually interpreted to mean they lay up anger, or put anger in their hearts.
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