Job 24:24 For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

Job 24:24

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New International Version (©1984)
For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"They are exalted a little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
[Such people] may be prosperous for a little while, but then they're gone. They are brought down low and disappear like everything else. They wither like heads of grain.

King James Bible
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

American King James Version
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

American Standard Version
They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

Bible in Basic English
For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.

Darby Bible Translation
They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all other are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

English Revised Version
They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all other, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

Webster's Bible Translation
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

World English Bible
They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

Young's Literal Translation
High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

Geneva Study Bible

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

24:24 The way - Out of this world. Other - They can no more prevent or delay their death, than the meanest men in the world. Corn - In its greatest height and maturity.

King James Translators' Notes

are gone: Heb. are not

taken...: Heb. closed up

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

24. Job repeats what he said (Job 21:13), that sinners die in exalted positions, not the painful and lingering death we might expect, but a quick and easy death. Join "for a while" with "are gone," not as English Version. Translate: "A moment-and they are no more! They are brought low, as all (others) gather up their feet to die" (so the Hebrew of "are taken out of the way"). A natural death (Ge 49:33).

ears of corn-in a ripe and full age, not prematurely (Job 5:26).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

24:18-25 Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There will often appear much to resemble the wrong view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of inspiration, that these notions are formed in ignorance, from partial views. The providence of God, in the affairs of men, is in every thing a just and wise providence. Let us apply this whenever the Lord may try us. He cannot do wrong. The unequalled sorrows of the Son of God when on earth, unless looked at in this view, perplex the mind. But when we behold him, as the sinner's Surety, bearing the curse, we can explain why he should endure that wrath which was due to sin, that Divine justice might be satisfied, and his people saved.

Job 14:21 "His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

Psalm 37:10 Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there. (NASB ©1995)

Corn Cut Ear Ears Exalted Fade Fruit Gathered Grain Heads Laid Lifted Low Mallow Moreover Pulled Short Shut Tops Wither Yea Yes Yet

Corn Cut Ears Exalted Fade Fruit Gathered Grain Heads High Little Moreover Others Pulled Short Time Tops Way Wither

Corn Cut Ears Exalted Fade Fruit Gathered Grain Heads High Little Moreover Others Pulled Short Time Tops Way Wither

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

are exalted 20:5 Ps 37:10,35,36 73:19 92:7 Jas 1:11 5:1-3

gone. Heb. not 8:22 *marg:

taken out. Heb. closed up. cut off Isa 17:5,6 Re 14:14-20

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