Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly; such is the place of those who do not know God.”
Job 4:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Their tent cord is plucked up within them, and they die devoid of wisdom.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? They die, even without wisdom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is not their tent cord plucked up within them [so that the tent falls]? Do they not die, and that without [acquiring] wisdom? American Standard Version (1901) Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom. Common English Bible Isn’t their tent cord pulled up? They die without wisdom. Catholic Public Domain Version But those who are left behind will be taken away from them; they will die, and not in wisdom. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they that shall be left shall be taken away from them. They shall die, and not in wisdom. |
Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly; such is the place of those who do not know God.”
It is not the old who are wise nor the aged who understand what is right.
But if they do not listen, they shall perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
“You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah
You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight. Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; straight to the grave they descend, and their form shall waste away; Sheol shall be their home.
Mortals cannot abide in their pomp; they are like the animals that perish.
They die for lack of discipline, and because of their great folly they are lost.
Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,
[[Turn away from mortals, who have only breath in their nostrils, for of what account are they?]]
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away.