This verse is often misinterpreted as a universal prosperity gospel promise guaranteeing material wealth, health, and ease for all obedient believers, disregarding the book's context of Job's suffering despite righteousness and the poetic, conditional nature of wisdom literature; it poetically illustrates the blessedness of submission to God rather than a mechanistic formula for earthly success independent of trials or divine purposes.
Job 36:11
King James Version (1769)
11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Elihu emphasizes that genuine obedience and humble service to God lead to a life marked by prosperity and joy, underscoring the principle that alignment with divine will brings inherent blessings and fulfillment in one's days and years, reflecting God's just order where righteousness is rewarded.