Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace. New Living Translation They spend their days in prosperity, then go down to the grave in peace. English Standard Version They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol. Berean Study Bible They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. King James Bible They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. New King James Version They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. New American Standard Bible “They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. NASB 1995 "They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. NASB 1977 “They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. Amplified Bible “They fully enjoy their days in prosperity, And so go down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) in a [peaceful] moment. Christian Standard Bible They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. Holman Christian Standard Bible They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. American Standard Version They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They spend their days in prosperity, and quickly to Sheol they descend Brenton Septuagint Translation And they spend their days in wealth, and fall asleep in the rest of the grave. Contemporary English Version and they are successful, without a worry, until the day they die. Douay-Rheims Bible They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell. English Revised Version They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol. Good News Translation They live out their lives in peace and quietly die without suffering. GOD'S WORD® Translation They spend their days in happiness, and they go peacefully to the grave. International Standard Version They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife. JPS Tanakh 1917 They spend their days in prosperity, And peacefully they go down to the grave. Literal Standard Version They wear out their days in good, "" And in a moment go down [to] Sheol. NET Bible They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace. New Heart English Bible They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. World English Bible They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. Young's Literal Translation They wear out in good their days, And in a moment to Sheol go down. Additional Translations ... Context Job: God will Punish the Wicked…12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute. 13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. 14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.… Cross References Judges 20:34 Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them. Job 3:13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest Job 21:12 singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute. Job 21:23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease. Job 22:16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood. Job 24:19 As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. Job 36:11 If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness. Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom. Treasury of Scripture They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. They Job 36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. Psalm 73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. Matthew 24:38,39 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, … wealth.
(13) In a moment.--They go down to death without being made to feel the lingering tortures that Job had to undergo.Verse 13. - They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. They die, i.e. without suffering from any prolonged or severe illness, such as that grievous affliction from which Job himself was suffering. Probably Job does not mean to maintain all this absolutely, or as universally the case, but he wishes to force his friends to acknowledge that there are many exceptions to their universal law, that wickedness is always visited in this world with condign punishment, and he wants them to account for them exceptions (see ver. 7). Parallel Commentaries ... Lexicon They spendיְכַלּ֣וּ (yə·ḵal·lū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1086: To fail, to wear out, decay their days יְמֵיהֶ֑ם (yə·mê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day in prosperity בַטּ֣וֹב (ḇaṭ·ṭō·wḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and go down יֵחָֽתּוּ׃ (yê·ḥāt·tū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5181: To sink, descend, to press, lead down to Sheol שְׁא֣וֹל (šə·’ō·wl) Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) in peace. וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַע (ū·ḇə·re·ḡa‘) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7281: A wink, a very short space of time Jump to Previous End Good Grave Instant Moment Peace Peacefully Prosperity Sheol Spend Suddenly Trouble Underworld Wealth WearJump to Next End Good Grave Instant Moment Peace Peacefully Prosperity Sheol Spend Suddenly Trouble Underworld Wealth WearLinks Job 21:13 NIVJob 21:13 NLT Job 21:13 ESV Job 21:13 NASB Job 21:13 KJV Job 21:13 BibleApps.com Job 21:13 Biblia Paralela Job 21:13 Chinese Bible Job 21:13 French Bible Job 21:13 Clyx Quotations OT Poetry: Job 21:13 They spend their days in prosperity (Jb) |
   
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