Job 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity, 1 and they go down quietly to Sheol. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 harp 1 and rejoice with the music of the flute. 1
14They say to God, 'Depart from us 1 for we do not wish any knowledge of your ways. 1
Cross References
Job 36:11If they listen to him and worship him, 1 they will spend their days in prosperity, 1 their years in contentment. 1
Matthew 24:38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark,
Luke 17:28Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
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 →