Job 21:21

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For whath careth he, what become of his housholde after his death? whose monethes passe awaye swifter then an arowe.

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  • Job 14:5 : 5 The dayes of man are shorte, ye nombre of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. Thou hast apoynted him his boundes, he can not go beyonde them.
  • Job 14:21 : 21 Whether his children come to worshipe or no, he can not tell: And yf they be men of lowe degre, he knoweth not.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies. Neuerthelesse my trust is in the.
  • Ps 102:24 : 24 Yet wil I saye: O my God, take me not awaye in ye myddest of myne age: as for thy yeares, they endure thorow out all generacions.
  • Eccl 2:18-19 : 18 Yee I was weery of all my laboure, which I had taken vnder the Sonne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man, that cometh after me: 19 for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge?
  • Luke 16:27-28 : 27 Then sayde he: I pray the then father, that thou wilt sende him vnto my fathers house, 28 for I haue yet fyue brethren, that he maye warne them, lest they also come in to this place of torment.

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  • 20 Their owne destruccion and misery shal they se with their eyes, and drynke of the fearfull wrath of the Allmighty.

  • Job 21:22-23
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    22 In as moch the as God hath ye hyest power of all, who can teach him eny knowlege?

    23 One dyeth now when he is mightie & at his best, rich and in prosperite:

  • 20 For he thinketh not moch how longe he shal lyue, for so moch as God fylleth his hert with gladnesse.

  • 25 Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse, and neuer had good daies.

  • 10 ner turneth agayne in to his house, nether shall his place knowe him eny more.

  • 9 For he saieth: Though a ma be good, yet is he naught before God.

  • 21 and be taken awaye so clene, that none of the shall remayne, but be deed, or euer they be awarre off it.

  • Job 3:21-22
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    21 (Which longe for death, and it commeth not: for yf they might fynde their graue,

    22 they wolde be maruelous glad, as those that dygge vp treasure)

  • 22 Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?

  • Job 21:31-33
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    31 Who darre reproue him for his wayes to his face? who rewardeth him for the vngraciousnesse that he doth?

    32 Yet shal he be brought to his graue, and watch amonge the heape of the deed.

    33 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.

  • Job 20:20-21
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    20 His bely coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse.

    21 He deuoured so gredely, yt he left nothinge behynde, therfore his goodes shal not prospere.

  • 21 A fearfull sounde is euer in his eares, & when it is peace, yet feareth he destruccion:

  • 29 He shall not be rich, nether shall his substaunce continue, ner encrease vpon earth.

  • 21 And why? his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seyth all his goinges.

  • 6 Yee though he lyued two thousande yeares, yet hath he no good life. Come not all to one place?

  • 28 The substaunce that he hath in his house, shalbe taken awaye and perish, in the daye of the LORDES wrath.

  • 7 Wherfore do wicked me lyue in health and prosperite, come to their olde age, & increase in riches?

  • 3 Yf a man begett an hundreth children, and lyue many yeares, so that his dayes are many in nombre, and yet can not enioye his good, nether be buried: as for him I saye, that an vntymely byrth is better then he.

  • 5 The dayes of man are shorte, ye nombre of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. Thou hast apoynted him his boundes, he can not go beyonde them.

  • 20 Shall not my short life come soone to an ende? O holde the fro me, let me alone, that I maye ease myself a litle:

  • 22 His soule draweth on to destruccion, & his life to death.

  • 2 He cometh vp, and falleth awaye like a floure. He flyeth as it were a shadowe, and neuer continueth in one state.

  • 8 Yf a man lyue many yeares, and be glad in them all, let him remembre the dayes of darcknesse, which shalbe many: & when they come, all thinges shalbe but vanite.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11 A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?

    12 For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?

  • Eccl 2:22-23
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    22 For what getteth a ma of all ye labor & trauayle of his mynde, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne,

    23 but heuynesse, sorowe & disquyetnes all ye dayes of his life? In so moch that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vayne thinge?

  • 17 For he shal cary nothinge awaye wt him when he dyeth, nether shal his pompe folowe him.

  • 9 So that the eye which sawe him before, getteth now no sight of him, & his place knoweth him nomore.

  • 19 Lo, thus is it wt him, that reioyseth in his owne doinges: and as for other, they growe out of the earth.

  • Eccl 5:16-17
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    16 This is a miserable plage, yt he shal go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it him then, yt he hath labored in the wynde?

    17 All the daies of his life also must he eate in the darcke, with greate carefulnesse, sicknesse & sorow.

  • 47 Sela. LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre?

  • Job 14:21-22
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    21 Whether his children come to worshipe or no, he can not tell: And yf they be men of lowe degre, he knoweth not.

    22 Whyle he lyueth, his flesh must haue trauayle: and whyle the soule is in him, he must be in sorowe.

  • 13 They spende their dayes in welthynesse: but sodenly they go downe to hell.

  • 7 And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come, for who wyll tell him?

  • Job 18:19-20
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    19 He shall nether haue children ner kyn?folkes amonge his people, no ner eny posterite in his countre:

    20 yonge & olde shalbe astonyshed at his death.

  • 14 All his comforte and hope shalbe roted out of his dwellynge, very fearfulnesse shall brynge him to the kynge.

  • 10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, or thrust the together, who darre check him therfore?

  • 3 For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?

  • 17 How oft shal the candle of ye wicked be put out? how oft commeth their destruccion vpon them? O what sorowe shall God geue them for their parte in his wrath?

  • 2 For how greate a porcio shal I haue of God fro aboue? & what enheritauce fro ye Almightie on hie?

  • 19 When the rich man dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is gone in ye twincklynge of an eye.