Job 21:32

For he is borne to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

In Context

31But who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?

33The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

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Cross References

Psalms 49:14(49-15) Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.

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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