Job 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity.In an instant they go down to Sheol.
New Heart English 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,and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
14They tell God, 'Depart from us,for we do not want to know about your ways.
Cross References
Job 36:11If they listen and serve him,they shall spend their days in prosperity,and their years in pleasures.
Matthew 24:38For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
Luke 17:28Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
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 →