Job 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
KJV1611 – Modern English
They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to the grave.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
They spend{H3615} their days{H3117} in prosperity,{H2896} And in a moment{H7281} they go down{H2865} to Sheol.{H7585}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
They spend{H3615}{(H8762)}{(H8675)}{H1086}{(H8762)} their days{H3117} in wealth{H2896}, and in a moment{H7281} go down{H2865}{(H8735)}{(H8676)}{H5181}{(H8799)} to the grave{H7585}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
They spende their dayes in welthynesse: but sodenly they go downe to hell.
Geneva Bible (1560)
They spend their dayes in wealth, and suddenly they go downe to the graue.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
They spend their dayes in wealthines, but sodainely they go downe to the graue.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Webster's Bible (1833)
They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
They wear out in good their days, And in a moment `to' Sheol go down.
American Standard Version (1901)
They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.
American Standard Version (1901)
They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.
World English Bible (2000)
They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
Referenced Verses
- Job 36:11 : 11 If they listen and serve Him, they will complete their days in prosperity and their years in pleasure.
- Ps 73:4 : 4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.
- Matt 24:38-39 : 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'
- Luke 17:28-29 : 28 It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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