Job 21:13
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
King James Version
In Context
12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Cross References
Job 36:11If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Matthew 24:38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Luke 17:28Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
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 →