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Job 36:14

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 36:14

Verse 14 of 33

Scripture focus

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

Job 36:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 36:14

Theological / Devotional

They die in youth. Elihu sees an early end for the wicked. Old age was highly respected among the ancients, and to die in youth was considered a great tragedy.

Unclean. Heb. qedeshim, “temple-prostitutes.” The same Hebrew word occurs in Deut. 23:18; 1 Kings 14:24; 15:12; 22:46; 2 Kings 23:7. The idea seems to be that the godless would share the fate of the most abandoned and vile of the race. Their profession of religion would be no protection to them against their punishment.

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