Job

Job 36:11–12

¹¹If they obey and serve Him,

then they end their days in prosperity

and their years in happiness.

¹²But if they do not obey,

then they perish by the sword^a

and die without knowledge.

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִֽם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
they obey	יִשְׁמְע֗וּ	yiš·mə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8085 hear
and serve	וְֽיַ֫עֲבֹ֥דוּ	wə·ya·‘ă·ḇō·ḏū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5647 work, serve
then they end	יְכַלּ֣וּ	yə·ḵal·lū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
their days	יְמֵיהֶ֣ם	yə·mê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H3117 day
in prosperity	בַּטּ֑וֹב	baṭ·ṭō·wḇ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
and their years	וּ֝שְׁנֵיהֶ֗ם	ū·šə·nê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H8141 year
in happiness	בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃	ban·nə·‘î·mîm	Preposition-b, Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H5273 pleasant, delightful

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But if	וְאִם־	wə·’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
they do not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
obey	יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ	yiš·mə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8085 hear
then they perish	יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ	ya·‘ă·ḇō·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
by the sword	בְּשֶׁ֣לַח	bə·še·laḥ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H7973 missile, weapon, sprout
and die	וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ	wə·yiḡ·wə·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1478 expire perish, die
without	כִּבְלִי־	kiḇ·lî-	Preposition-k; Adverb	H1097 wearing out
knowledge	דָֽעַת׃	ḏå̄·ʿaṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1847 knowledge

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 36:11 Jeremiah 7:23 · Jeremiah 26:13 · Isaiah 1:19 · Deuteronomy 4:30 · Hebrews 11:8 · Job 22:23 · James 5:5 · Job 22:21 · Revelation 18:7 · Job 42:12 · Ecclesiastes 9:2–3 · Job 11:13–19

Job 36:12 Job 4:21 · Romans 2:8–9 · Isaiah 3:11 · Deuteronomy 18:15–22 · Isaiah 1:20 · John 8:21–24 · Deuteronomy 29:15–20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.