Job 4:21
Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, and that without wisdom?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
In Context
20They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.
Cross References
Job 18:21Surely such are the habitations of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job 36:12But if they wil not obey, they shall passe by the sworde, and perish without knowledge.
Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.
Psalms 49:20Man is in honour, and vnderstandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish.
Isaiah 2:22Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is he to be esteemed?
Luke 12:20But God said vnto him, O foole, this night wil they fetch away thy soule from thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided?
Matthew Henry on Job 4:13-21
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his… Read the whole commentary →