Devine Scripture

Job 21:13

Job chapter 21 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.12They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

v.13This passage

v.14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Cross references

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

  • Job 36:11

    If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

  • Matthew 24:38

    For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

  • Luke 12:19

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

  • Psalms 73:4

    For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.

  • Luke 17:28

    Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;