Job 21:13
They wear out their days in happiness, and in a moment they go down to the nether world.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
In Context
12They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
14And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not.
Cross References
Job 36:11If they hearken and serve [him], they will spend their days in happiness, and their years in pleasures.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:8-17
Prosperity of the Wicked; Abuse of Earthly Prosperity. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at… Read the whole commentary →