Job 27:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָשִׁ֣יר יִ֭שְׁכַּב וְלֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑ף עֵינָ֖יו פָּקַ֣ח וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

ʿāšîr yiškaḇ wə-lōʾ yēʾāsēp̄ ʿênāyw pāqaḥ wəʾênenû

Grammar Details

• *ʿāšîr*: adjective masculine singular - rich
• *yiškaḇ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he lies down
• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - but not
• *yēʾāsēp̄*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be gathered
• *ʿênāyw*: noun feminine dual construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his eyes
• *pāqaḥ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he opens
• *wəʾênenû*: conjunction + particle of nonexistence with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he is no more

Word Meanings

• *ʿāšîr*: rich/wealthy
• *šāḵaḇ*: lie down/rest
• *ʾāsap̄*: gather/collect/remove (Niphal: be gathered/join one's ancestors in death)
• *ʿayin*: eye
• *pāqaḥ*: open (eyes)
• *ʾayin*: nothing/nonexistence

Referenced Verses

• Job 24:24 : 24 They 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.
• Jer 8:2 : 2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
• Matt 3:12 : 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
• Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
• Ps 58:9 : 9 Before your pots can feel{H8799)} the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind{H8799)}, both living, and in his wrath.
• Ps 73:19-20 : 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly{H8804)} consumed{H8804)} with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh{H8687)}; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise{H8799)} their image.
• Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Job 7:8 : 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
• Job 8:22 : 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
• Job 14:10 : 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
• Job 14:12-15 : 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
• Job 20:7-9 : 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
• Job 21:23-26 : 23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. 25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
• Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.