Job 27:19

Job 27:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
• New International Version (NIV)He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, And he is no more.

Context of Job 27:19

17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh. He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night. 21The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.

Job 27:19 word by word

עָשִׁ֣יר יִ֭שְׁכַּב וְלֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑ף עֵינָ֖יו פָּקַ֣ח וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: sleepH7901
• richעָשִׁיר‛âshîyr · richH6223
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Job 27:19

• Job 14:13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, —
• Job 21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
• Job 30:23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.
• Genesis 49:10The sceptre will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.
• Jeremiah 8:2and they shall spread them out to the sun and to the moon and to all the host of the heavens, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the ground.
• Matthew 3:12whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
• Matthew 23:37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
• Job 20:7Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
• Psalms 58:9Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, — they shall be whirled away.
• Psalms 73:19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
• Job 8:22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more.
• Job 14:10But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
• Job 24:24They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

Commentaries on Job 27:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The rich man shall lie down - In the grave. But he shall not be gathered - Neither have a respectable burial among men, nor be gathered with the righteous in the kingdom of God. It may be that Job alludes here to an opinion relative to the state of certain persons after death, prevalent in all nations in ancient times, viz., that those whose funeral rites had not been duly performed, wander about as ghosts, and find no rest. He openeth his eyes - In the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The rich man - That is, the rich man who is wicked. Shall lie down - Shalt die - for so the connection demands. But he shall not be gathered - In an honorable burial. The slain in battle are gathered together for burial; but he shall be unburied. The expressions “to be gathered,” “to be gathered to one‘s fathers,” frequently occur in the Scriptures, and seem to be used to denote a peaceful and happy death and an honorable burial. There was the idea of a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-23Verses 11-23 Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were not so, still the consequences of their death would be dreadful. Job undertook to set this matter in a true light. Death to a godly man, is like a fair gale of wind to convey him to the heavenly country; but, to a wicked man, it is like a storm, that hurries him away to destruction. While he lived…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-23Some interpreters think this is a new speech by Zophar. Without it, Zophar has no speech in this cycle.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2311-23. These words are contrary to Job's previous sentiments (see on Job 21:22-33; Job 24:22-25). Job 21:22-33; 24:22-25). They therefore seem to be Job's statement, not so much of his own sentiments, as of what Zophar would have said had he spoken when his turn came (end of the twenty-sixth chapter). So Job stated the friends' opinion (Job 21:17-21; 24:18-21). The objection is, why, if so, does not Job answer Zophar's opinion, as stated by himself? The…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 27:19

• Death
• Oppression
• Rich, the
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Deceit
• Heap
• Gather
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings