Job 4:20
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
- KJV
- They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
- WEB
- Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
- ASV
- Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
- DARBY
- From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.
- BLB
- From morning to evening they are broken to pieces; without anyone noticing, they perish forever.
- ÅB
- Fra morgen til kveld - så er de sønderslått; uten at noen akter på det, går de til grunne for alltid.
- OTB
- Fra morgen til kveld blir de knust;
ubemerket går de til grunne for alltid. - B1930
- Fra morgen til aften - så er de sønderslått; uten at nogen akter på det, går de til grunne for alltid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 20:7
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Read in context2 Chronicles 21:20
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Read in contextPsalms 39:13
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Read in contextJob 18:17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Read in contextProverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Read in context2 Chronicles 15:6
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
Read in contextPsalms 90:5–6
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Read in contextJob 14:20
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
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