Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job 4:21 - Revised Version 1885 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They 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 unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand judgement.
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah
Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And mine age is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd: And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, they shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.