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Job 3:14

New International Reader's Version

I’d be with the earth’s kings and rulers. They had built for themselves places that are now destroyed.

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Then he joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the city of his father David. Solomon’s son Rehoboam became the next king after him.

David joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the City of David.

He removes the wisdom of rulers and leads them away. He makes judges look foolish.

He sets people free from the chains that kings put on them. Then he dresses the kings in the clothes of slaves.

They’ll live in towns that have been destroyed. They’ll live in houses where no one else lives. The houses will crumble to pieces.

I know that you will bring me down to death. That’s what you have appointed for everyone.

They are like sheep and will end up in the grave. Death will be their shepherd. But when honest people come to power, a new day will dawn. The bodies of sinners will waste away in the grave. They will end up far away from their princely houses.

Who can live and not die? Who can escape the power of the grave?

No one can stop the wind from blowing. And no one has the power to decide when they will die. No one is let out of the army in times of war. And evil won’t let go of those who practice it.

“All the kings of the nations are buried with honor. Each of them lies in his own tomb.

‘What are you doing here outside the city? Who allowed you to cut out a tomb for yourself here? Who said you could carve out your grave on the hillside? Who allowed you to cut out your resting place in the rock?

How terrible it will be for you who get too many houses! How terrible for you who get too many fields! Finally there won’t be any space left in the land. Then you will live all alone.

Your people will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago. And you will build again on the old foundations. You will be called One Who Repairs Broken Walls. You will be called One Who Makes City Streets Like New Again.

So I will bring you down together with those who go down into the grave. The people there lived long ago. You will have to live in the earth below. It will be like living in buildings that were destroyed many years ago. You will go down into the grave along with others. And you will never come back. You will not take your place in this world again.




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