Job 21:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.

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  • Luke 16:22 : 22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.
  • Ps 49:14 : 14 Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.
  • Ezek 32:21-32 : 21 The strong among the great ones will say to him from the underworld, Are you more beautiful than any? go down, you and your helpers, and take your rest among those without circumcision, and those who have been put to the sword. 22 There is Asshur and all her army, round about her last resting-place: all of them put to death by the sword: 23 Whose resting-places are in the inmost parts of the underworld, who were a cause of fear in the land of the living. 24 There is Elam and all her people, round about her last resting-place: all of them put to death by the sword, who have gone down without circumcision into the lowest parts of the earth, who were a cause of fear in the land of the living, and are put to shame with those who go down to the underworld: 25 They have made a bed for her among the dead, and all her people are round about her resting-place: all of them without circumcision, put to death with the sword; for they were a cause of fear in the land of the living, and are put to shame with those who go down to the underworld: they have been given a place among those who have been put to the sword. 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her people, round about her last resting-place: all of them without circumcision, put to death by the sword; for they were a cause of fear in the land of the living. 27 And they have been put to rest with the fighting men who came to their end in days long past, who went down to the underworld with their instruments of war, placing their swords under their heads, and their body-covers are over their bones; for their strength was a cause of fear in the land of the living. 28 But you will have your bed among those without circumcision, and will be put to rest with those who have been put to death with the sword. 29 There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who have been given a resting-place with those who were put to the sword: they will be resting among those without circumcision, even with those who go down to the underworld. 30 There are the chiefs of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, who have gone down with those who have been put to the sword: they are shamed on account of all the fear caused by their strength; they are resting there without circumcision, among those who have been put to the sword, and are put to shame with those who go down to the underworld. 31 Pharaoh will see them and be comforted on account of all his people: even Pharaoh and all his army, put to death by the sword, says the Lord. 32 For he put his fear in the land of the living: and he will be put to rest among those without circumcision, with those who have been put to death with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.

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    33The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.

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    21His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...

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    26Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.

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    11His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

  • Job 30:23-24
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    23For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

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    15When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

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    16Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

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    19They will do to him what they do to the dead body of an ass; his body will be pulled out and placed on the earth outside the doors of Jerusalem.

  • Job 17:16
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    16Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?

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  • 1 Kgs 13:30-31
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    30And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O my brother!

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    9So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

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    21The strong among the great ones will say to him from the underworld, Are you more beautiful than any? go down, you and your helpers, and take your rest among those without circumcision, and those who have been put to the sword.

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    32His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.

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    18To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.