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 let their children frisk about like lambs. Their little ones skip and dance. 12They sing with tambourine and harp. They celebrate to the sound of the flute. They spend their days in prosperity, then go down to the grave in peace. 14And yet they say to God, ‘Go away. We want no part of you and your ways. 15Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us to pray?’

Job 21:13 word by word

יְכַלּ֣וּ בַטּ֣וֹב יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַע שְׁא֣וֹל יֵחָֽתּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They spendבָּלָהbâlâh · to become oldH1086
• They spendכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
• their daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• in wealthטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• and in a momentרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281
• go downנָחֵתnâchath · to descendH5181
• go downחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• to the graveשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585

Cross-references for Job 21:13

• Job 36:11“If they listen and obey God, they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives. All their years will be pleasant.
• Psalms 73:4They seem to live such painless lives; their bodies are so healthy and strong.
• Matthew 24:38In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat.
• Luke 12:19And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
• Luke 17:28“And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business—eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and 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