Job 21:13
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
- KJV
- They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
- WEB
- They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
- ASV
- They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.
- DARBY
- They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.
- BLB
- They wear out their days in prosperity, and in peace go down to Sheol.
- ÅB
- De lever sine dager i lykke, og i et øyeblikk farer de ned til dødsriket.
- OTB
- De tilbringer sine dager i velstand
og går fredelig ned i graven. - B1930
- De lever sine dager i lykke, og i et øieblikk farer de ned til dødsriket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 36:11
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Read in contextPsalms 73:4
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Read in contextLuke 12:19–20
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Read in contextMatthew 24:38–39
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Read in contextLuke 17:28–29
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
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