Job 21:13

Job 21:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
• New International Version (NIV)They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave.

Context of Job 21:13

11They send out their boys like the flock, And their children dance. 12They sing with the tambourine and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the flute. They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. 14Yet they say to God, ‘Go away from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways. 15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’

Job 21:13 word by word

יְכַלּ֣וּ בַטּ֣וֹב יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַע שְׁא֣וֹל יֵחָֽתּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• spendבָּלָהbâlâh · to become oldH1086
• their daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• in prosperityטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• suddenlyרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281
• they goנָחֵתnâchath · to descendH5181
• Sheolשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585

Cross-references for Job 21:13

• Job 36:11If they listen and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity, And their years in happiness.
• Psalms 73:4For there are no pains in their death, And their belly is fat.
• Matthew 24:38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
• Luke 12:19And I will say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years to come; relax, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!”’
• Luke 17:28It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, and they were building;

Commentaries on Job 21:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13They spend their days in wealth - There is a various reading here of some importance. In the text we have יבלו yeballu, they grow old, or wear out as with old age, terent vetustate; and in the margin, יכלו yechallu, they consume; and the Masora states that this is one of the eleven words which are written with ב beth and must be read with כ caph . Several editions have the former word in the text, and the latter in the margin; the former being what is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13They spend their days in wealth - Margin, or, “mirth.” Literally, “they wear out their days in good” - בטוב baṭôb Vulgate “in bonis.” Septuagint, ̓ ̓͂ en agathois - “in good things;” in the enjoyment of good. They are not oppressed with the evils of poverty and want, but they have abundance of “the good things” of life. And in a moment go down to the grave - Hebrew to שׁאול she'ôl - but here meaning evidently the grave. The idea is, that when they die…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 7-16 Job says, Remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Wherefore is it so? This is the day of God's patience; and, in some way or other, he makes use of the prosperity of the wicked to serve his own counsels, while it ripens them for ruin; but the chief reason is, because he will make it appear there is another world. These prospering sinners make light of God and religion, as if because they have so much…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. wealth--Old English Version for "prosperity." in a moment--not by a lingering disease. Great blessings! Lengthened life with prosperity, and a sudden painless death (Psa 73:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 21:13

• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
• Blasphemy
• Death
• Happiness
• Hell
• Pleasure
• Rich, the
• Sin
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

Commentaries on Job 21

• 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