Job 4:21

19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

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.

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BSB
Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
KJV
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
WEB
Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’
ASV
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
DARBY
Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.
BLB
Has not their tent cord been pulled up with them? They will die, and not in wisdom?’
ÅB
Blir ikke teltsnoren dradd ut[^2] hos dem? De dør, men ikke i visdom.
[^1]: d.e. ufullkommenhet.
[^2]: så deres jordiske telt (2KO 5, 1.) faller sammen.
OTB
Er ikke teltenes snorer trukket opp innenfra?
De dør uten visdom.'
B1930
Blir ikke teltsnoren dradd ut hos dem? De dør, men ikke i visdom. / < så deres jordiske telt (2KO 5, 1.) faller sammen.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 36:12

    But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

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  • Luke 16:22–23

    And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

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  • Job 8:22

    They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

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  • Psalms 39:11

    When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

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  • Luke 12:20

    But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

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  • Psalms 49:14

    Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

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  • Psalms 39:5

    Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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  • Isaiah 2:22

    Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

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