But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
And he said unto him, {\cf6 Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.}\par
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death,\par\tab And to the house appointed for all living.\par
Before I go whence I shall not return,\par\tab {\i Even} to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
I am going the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;