Job 36:14

14 They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.

Job 36:14 in Other Translations

KJV
14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
ESV
14 They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
NLT
14 They die when they are young, after wasting their lives in immoral living.
MSG
14 Living it up in sexual excesses, virility wasted, they die young.
CSB
14 They die in their youth; their life [ends] among male cult prostitutes.

Job 36:14 Meaning and Commentary

Job 36:14

They die in youth
They, or "their soul" F21; which, though that dies not, being immaterial and immortal; yet being the principal part of man, is put for the whole person, and which being taken away, the body dies. All men must die, but all do not die at an age; there is a common term of human life, ( Psalms 90:10 ) ; some few exceed it, multitudes arrive not to it; such who die before it may be said to die in youth; it seems to signify premature and untimely death: the word signifies an "excussion", or violent shaking out; and the Vulgate Latin version is, "in a tempest"; in a tempest of divine wrath, and in a storm in their consciences, ( Job 27:20 ) . Jarchi interprets it by suffocation or strangling;

and their life [is] among the unclean:
all men are by nature unclean, and all that is in them; some are more notoriously and openly so than others, who give themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness; such as whoremongers and fornicators, of whom Mr. Broughton understands those unclean persons; or Sodomites, of whom the word is sometimes used, ( Deuteronomy 23:17 ) . And this may be understood either of the present life of hypocrites before they die; who are unclean persons themselves, whatever show of purity they make, and love to live and converse, at least privately, if not openly, with unclean persons, and die while they live with such and in their sins: or of their life after death; for wicked men live after death; their souls live in hell, and their bodies at the resurrection will be raised to life, and be reunited to their souls, and both together will live in endless punishment; and the life of hypocrites will be among such; as is a man in life, so he is at and after death; if filthy, filthy still; and such will have no admittance into the heavenly state, and with such impure ones, hypocrites will live for ever, ( Revelation 21:8 Revelation 21:27 ) ( 22:15 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F21 (Mvpn) "anima eorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator

Job 36:14 In-Context

12 But if they do not listen, they will perish by the swordand die without knowledge.
13 “The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
14 They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
15 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
16 “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

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