Text -- Job 36:12 (NET)

36:12 But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 36:12

¹ tn This is a similar expression to the one in Job 33:18, where the suggestion was made by many that it means crossing over the canal or river of death. Some retain the earlier interpretation of “perish by the sword” (cf. NIV).