Job 21:33
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 21:33 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 21:33 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Job 3:17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
- Job 3:22who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
- Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
- 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 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- Ecclesiastes 1:4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).