What does Job 36:12 mean?

Job 36:12 highlights themes such as obedience, consequences, knowledge when read in context.

How should I apply Job 36:12 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

10He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

11If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

14They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

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Hosea 4:6
Both verses emphasize the importance of knowledge and the consequences of rejecting it.