Job 21:33

In 11 translations

BSB

The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

KJV

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

WEB

The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

ASV

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

LSV

The clods of the valley have been sweet to him, || And he draws every man after him, || And there is no numbering before him.

YLT

Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

DBY

The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.

DRC

He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.

GNV

The slimie valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as before him there were innumerable.

JPS

The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

LXXE

The stones of the valley have been sweet to him, and every man shall depart after him, and there are innumerable ones before him.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מָֽתְקוּ־ל֗וֹ רִגְבֵ֫י נָ֥חַל וְ֭אַחֲרָיו כָּל־אָדָ֣ם יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְ וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

LXX-Br

Ἐγλυκάνθησαν αὐτῷ χάλικες χειμάῤῥου, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπελεύσεται, καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἀναρίθμητοι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
• Job 24:24They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
• Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
• Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
• Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Ecclesiastes 1:4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
• Job 3:17–19There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest. The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
• Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
• Job 3:22who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?

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