Job 21:13
They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
In Context
12They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
14And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
Cross References
Job 36:11If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
Matthew 24:38for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,
Luke 17:28in like manner also, 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 →