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Job 21:13

They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

KJV

Ducunt in bonis dies suos, et in puncto ad inferna descendunt.

Vulgate

συνετέλεσαν δὲ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς τὸν βίον αὐτῶν, ἐν δὲ ἀναπαύσει ᾅδου ἐκοιμήθησαν.

LXX

They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

ASV

יבלו יְכַלּ֣וּ בַ/טּ֣וֹב יְמֵי/הֶ֑ם וּ֝/בְ/רֶ֗גַע שְׁא֣וֹל יֵחָֽתּוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
verb · 16×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יֵחַ֣תּוּ
ychtv
verb · 9×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ם
m
verb · 203×
רֶ֖גַע
rg'
noun · 21×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 3:13 — For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
  • Job 24:19 — Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
  • Job 36:11 — If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
  • Judg 20:34 — And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
  • Luke 16:22 — 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;
  • Luke 16:25 — But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
  • Ps 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.