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11 If they listen and serve him,[a]
    they’ll finish[b] their lives in prosperity
        and their years will be pleasant.

12 “But if they won’t listen,
    they’ll perish[c] by the sword
        and die in their ignorance.
13 The godless at heart cherish[d] anger;
    they won’t cry out for help when God[e] afflicts[f] them.

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  1. Job 36:11 The Heb. lacks him
  2. Job 36:11 Or finish
  3. Job 36:12 Lit. by the sword they’ll pass through
  4. Job 36:13 Lit. lay up
  5. Job 36:13 Lit. he
  6. Job 36:13 Lit. binds

11 If they obey and serve him,(A)
    they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity(B)
    and their years in contentment.(C)
12 But if they do not listen,
    they will perish by the sword[a](D)
    and die without knowledge.(E)

13 “The godless in heart(F) harbor resentment;(G)
    even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.(H)

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  1. Job 36:12 Or will cross the river