Job 4:21

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 36:12 : 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
  • Job 8:22 : 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
  • Luke 16:22-23 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
  • Jas 1:11 : 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
  • Job 18:21 : 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
  • Ps 39:11 : 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
  • Ps 49:14 : 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
  • Ps 49:20 : 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
  • Ps 146:3-4 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
  • Isa 14:16 : 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 4:19-20
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    84%

    19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

    20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

  • 13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

  • 4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

  • 20In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

  • Job 6:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

    18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

  • 12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

  • Job 21:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

    22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

    23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

  • 10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  • 24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

  • 2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

  • 14They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

  • 7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

  • 20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 14:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

    11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

  • 16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

  • 16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

  • 16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

  • 21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    71%

    12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

    13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • 12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

  • 18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

  • 23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • 9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

  • 6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

  • 4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • 7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

  • 14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

  • 19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

  • 22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

  • 1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

  • 1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

  • Eccl 9:5-6
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    5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

    6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

  • 18They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • 4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

  • 21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

  • 24Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

  • 20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

  • 11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

  • 26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

  • 20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

  • 22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

  • 11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.