Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, such is the place of him who knows not God.”
Job 4:21 - Revised Standard Version If their tent-cord is plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 him who knows not God.”
It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
But if they do not hearken, they 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.”
When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! Selah
Behold, thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely every man 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.
He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is 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 man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.