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10     He uncovers their ears so as to hear His teaching
        and commands them to abandon their sinful path.
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.

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10 He makes them listen(A) to correction(B)
    and commands them to repent of their evil.(C)
11 If they obey and serve him,(D)
    they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity(E)
    and their years in contentment.(F)
12 But if they do not listen,
    they will perish by the sword[a](G)
    and die without knowledge.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:12 Or will cross the river