Job 21:33

Everyone attends their funeral service; a huge procession of people comes to pay their last respects.

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In The King James Version

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

In Context

32When they eventually die and are carried to the graveyard, their tomb is guarded. The earth of the grave softly covers them.

34Why do you try to comfort me with worthless nonsense? Your answers are just a pack of lies!”

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Cross References

Job 3:17There in the grave the wicked give no more trouble, and those whose strength is gone have their rest.

Job 17:16Will hope go down with me to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

Job 30:23I know you're taking me to my death, to the place where all the living go.

Ecclesiastes 8:8No one can hold onto the breath of life; no one can prevent the day when they die. There's no way of escaping that battle, and the wicked won't be saved by their wickedness!

Hebrews 9:27Just as human beings die only once, and then are 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 →

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