Job 21:33
He has been found acceptable to the banks of the River of Lamentation, and he will draw any man towards him, and there are countless before him.
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In Context
32He will be led to the tomb, and he will remain awake in the chaos of the dead.
34Therefore, how long will you console me in vain, when your answer is shown to be repugnant to truth?
Cross References
Job 3:17There the impious cease from rebellion, and there the wearied in strength take rest.
Job 17:16Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that, in that place at least, there will be rest for me?
Job 30:23I know that you will hand me over to death, where a home has been established for all the living.
Ecclesiastes 8:8It is not in the power of a man to prohibit the spirit, nor does he have authority over the day of death, nor is he permitted to rest when war breaks out, and neither will impiety save the impious.
Hebrews 9:27And in the same manner as it has been appointed for men to die one time, and after this, to be judged,
Matthew Henry on Job 21:28-34
Punishment of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be… Read the whole commentary →