Job 21:32
30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
31 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
34 So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
- KJV
- Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
- WEB
- Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
- ASV
- Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
- DARBY
- Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.
- BLB
- When he is brought along to the graves, then one keeps watch over [his] tomb.
- ÅB
- Til graven bæres han med ære, og over gravhaugen holder de vakt.
- OTB
- De blir båret til graven,
og en vakt holdes over deres graver. - B1930
- Til graven bæres han med ære, og over gravhaugen holder de vakt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 16:22
One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
Read in contextPsalms 49:14
Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
Read in contextEzekiel 32:21–32
Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
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