Job 21:33
31 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
32 He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
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.
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- BSB
- The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
- KJV
- The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
- WEB
- The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
- ASV
- The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
- DARBY
- The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.
- BLB
- The clods of the torrent are sweet to him; and after him every man will extend, and those before his face are without number.
- ÅB
- Søt er hans hvile i dalens muld, og alle mennesker vandrer i hans spor, og det er ikke tall på dem som har gått foran ham.
- OTB
- Jorden i dalen er søt for dem;
hele menneskeheten følger etter dem,
og utallige andre går foran dem. - B1930
- Søt er hans hvile i dalens muld, og alle mennesker vandrer i hans spor, og det er ikke tall på dem som har gått foran ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
Read in contextJob 30:23
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
Read in contextJob 24:24
They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:7
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Read in contextJob 17:16
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Read in contextJob 3:22
who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 1:4
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 8:8
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
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