Job 4:21
What does Job 4:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 4:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.
Context
v.20Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 36:12
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
- Job 8:22
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
- Job 18:21
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
- Psalms 49:20
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah
- Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
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