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Job: God Will Punish the Wicked

Job 21:32

In 11 translations

BSB
He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
KJV
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.grave: Heb. gravesremain…: Heb. watch in the heap
WEB
Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
ASV
Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
LSV
And he is brought to the graves, || And a watch is kept over the heap.
YLT
And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
DBY
Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.
DRC
He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.
GNV
Yet shall he be brought to the graue, and remaine in the heape.
JPS
For he is borne to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
LXXE
And he has been led away to the tombs, and he has watched over the heaps.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְ֭הוּא לִקְבָר֣וֹת יוּבָ֑ל וְֽעַל־גָּדִ֥ישׁ יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς τάφους ἀπηνέχθη, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ σωρῶν ἠγρύπνησεν.

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  • Luke 16:22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
  • Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
  • Ezekiel 32:21–32Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’ Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are…

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