Job 21:33
The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows after him, and countless go before him.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; everyone shall follow him, as countless before him.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The clods{H7263} of the valley{H5158} shall be sweet{H4985} unto him, And all men{H120} shall draw{H4900} after{H310} him, As there were innumerable{H4557} before{H6440} him.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The clods{H7263} of the valley{H5158} shall be sweet{H4985}{(H8804)} unto him, and every man{H120} shall draw{H4900}{(H8799)} after{H310} him, as there are innumerable{H4557} before{H6440} him.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The shal he be fayne to be buried amoge the stones by the broke syde. All men must folowe him, & there are innumerable gone before him.
Geneva Bible (1560)
The slimie valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shal draw after him, as before him there were innumerable.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Then shal the slymie valley be sweet vnto him, all men also must folowe him, as there are innumerable gone before him.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.
American Standard Version (1901)
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 (1901)
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.
World English Bible (2000)
The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.
Referenced Verses
- Job 30:23 : 23 I know You will bring me back to death, to the house appointed for all the living.
- Heb 9:27 : 27 And just as it is appointed for humans to die once, and after that comes judgment,
- Eccl 1:4 : 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
- Eccl 8:8 : 8 No one has power over the wind to restrain it, and no one has power over the day of death. No one is discharged in the time of war, and wickedness will not save those who practice it.
- Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
- Job 3:17-19 : 17 There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest. 18 Together the prisoners are at ease; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his masters.
- Job 3:22 : 22 Who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave.
- Job 17:16 : 16 Will they go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?
- Job 24:24 : 24 They are exalted for a little while, but then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others, and like the heads of grain, they are cut off.
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