They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
Job 21:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol (the unseen state) in a moment and peacefully. American Standard Version (1901) They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol. Common English Bible They spend their days contentedly, go down to the grave peacefully. Catholic Public Domain Version Their days are prolonged in wealth, yet, in an instant, they descend into hell. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell. |
They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.
Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned.
They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they wither and fade like the mallow; they are cut off like the heads of grain.
For then I should have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,
If they hearken and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
And there came against Gibe-ah ten thousand picked men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard; but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them.