Job 21:13
They complete, in prosperity, their days, and, in a moment to hades, they sink down.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
In Context
12They rejoice aloud as [with] timbrel and lyre, and make merry to the sound of the pipe;
14Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure.
Cross References
Job 36:11If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness;
Matthew 24:38For, as they were in those days that were before the flood, feeding and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage,—until the day Noah entered into the ark;
Luke 17:28In like manner, as it came to pass in the days of Lot, They were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were 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 →