Job 21:33
A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
34“So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
Cross References
Job 3:17After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles; those who are very tired now will rest.
Job 17:16After I descend to the place where the dead are, ◄will I be able to confidently expect anything good there?/I certainly will not be able to confidently expect anything good there.► [RHQ] It will be as though [RHQ] I and the things I hope for will descend with me into the dust where the dead are.”
Job 30:23I know that he will cause me to die, which is what happens to everyone [MTY] who is alive.
Ecclesiastes 8:8We cannot control the wind, and we cannot control when we will die. Soldiers are not permitted to go home during a battle, and evil people will not be saved by doing what is evil.
Hebrews 9:27All people must die once, and after that God will judge them for their sins.
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 →