Job 36:14
Job 36:14 Meaning and Explanation
“They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The hardened die young, their lives spent among the defiled.
What Does Job 36:14 Mean?
Elihu finishes the portrait of the obstinate. Their refusal to turn brings life to an early and shameful end, their days passed in the company of the unclean. Rebellion shortens and degrades the life it grips.
The verse is a solemn warning rather than a settled verdict on any individual, for the book itself resists tidy equations of sin and suffering. Its weight falls on the mercy that calls every wanderer to a different end, the cleansing and new life held out in Christ.
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What does Job 36:14 mean?
The hardened die young, their lives spent among the defiled.