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11 If they hear and yield,
They pass their days in prosperity
And their years in pleasure.
12 And if they hear not,
They pass away by the bow
And expire in lack of knowledge.
Since a declaration of the divine will has preceded in Job 36:10, it is more natural to take וְיַֽעֲבֹדוּ in the sense of obsequi, to do the will of another (as 1Ki 12:7, comp. מַעְבָּד from עָבַד in the generalized sense of facere), than, with Umbr., in the sense of colere scil. Deum (as Isa 19:23, Arab. ‛âbid, one who reveres God, a godly person). Instead of יְבַלּוּ, Isa 65:22 (on which the Masora observes לית, i.e., “nowhere else”) and Job 21:13 Chethîb, 'it is here without dispute יְכַלּוּ (Targ. יְשַׁלְּמוּן, peragent, as Eze 43:27). נְעִימִים is, as Psa 16:6, a neutral masc.: amoena. On עבר בשׁלח, to precipitate one's self into the weapon, i.e., to incur peremptory punishment, comp. Job 33:18. On בבלי דעת comp. Job 35:16; Job 4:21. Impenitence changes affliction, which is intended to be a means of rescue, into total destruction; yet there are some who will not be warned and affrighted by it.