Job 21:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.”
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BSBPD
“They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“They wear out in good their days, And in a moment <FI>to<Fi> Sheol go down.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 21:13 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 24:24They 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.
- Job 36:11If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
- Psalms 73:4They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
- Matthew 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Luke 17:28It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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