Devine Scripture

Job 21:12

Job chapter 21 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Context

v.11They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

v.12This passage

v.13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Amos 6:4

    that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

  • Genesis 31:27

    Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;

  • Isaiah 5:12

    And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

  • Genesis 4:21

    And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.

  • Isaiah 22:13

    and, behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.