Job 21:13
They spend their yamim in tov, 1 and in a moment go down to Sheol. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 tambourine and kinnor, 1 and rejoice at the sound of the flute. 1
14Therefore they say unto El, Depart from us; 1 for we desire not the da'as of Thy ways. 1
Cross References
Job 36:11If they obey and serve Him, 1 they shall spend their yamim in tov (prosperity), 1 and their shanim in contentment. 1
Matthew 24:38For as they were in those days before HaMabbul (the Flood), eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noach entered the Tevah,
Luke 17:28Likewise, just as it was in the yamim of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building. + 17:28 Gn 19:1-28
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 →