Job 4:21
But those who are left behind will be taken away from them; they will die, and not in wisdom.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
In Context
Cross References
Job 18:21And so, these are the tabernacles of the sinful, and this the place of he who does not know God.
Job 36:12But if they will not listen, they will pass away by the sword and will be consumed by foolishness.
Psalms 39:11I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.
Psalms 49:20Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother’s son.
Isaiah 2:22Therefore, rest away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he considers himself to be exalted.
Luke 12:20But God said to him: ‘Foolish one, this very night they require your soul of you. To whom, then, will those things belong, which you have prepared?’
Matthew Henry on Job 4:13-21
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his… Read the whole commentary →