Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They are carried to the grave, and watch is kept over their tombs. New Living Translation When they are carried to the grave, an honor guard keeps watch at their tomb. English Standard Version When he is carried to the grave, watch is kept over his tomb. Berean Standard Bible He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb. King James Bible Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. New King James Version Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb. New American Standard Bible “When he is carried to the grave, People will keep watch over his tomb. NASB 1995 “While he is carried to the grave, Men will keep watch over his tomb. NASB 1977 “While he is carried to the grave, Men will keep watch over his tomb. Legacy Standard Bible While he is led forth to the grave, Men will keep watch over his tomb. Amplified Bible “When he is carried to his grave, A guard will keep watch over his tomb. Christian Standard Bible He is carried to the grave, and someone keeps watch over his tomb. Holman Christian Standard Bible He is carried to the grave, and someone keeps watch over his tomb. American Standard Version Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But he goes to the tomb and is kept for an accident Brenton Septuagint Translation And he has been led away to the tombs, and he has watched over the heaps. Contemporary English Version Then at their funerals, they are highly praised; Douay-Rheims Bible He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead. English Revised Version Yet shall he be borne to the grave, and shall keep watch over the tomb. GOD'S WORD® Translation He is carried to the cemetery, and his grave is guarded. Good News Translation When they are carried to the graveyard, to their well-guarded tombs, International Standard Version when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb? JPS Tanakh 1917 For he is borne to the grave, And watch is kept over his tomb. Literal Standard Version And he is brought to the graves, | And a watch is kept over the heap. Majority Standard Bible He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb. New American Bible He is carried to the grave and at his tomb they keep watch. NET Bible And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound, New Revised Standard Version When they are carried to the grave, a watch is kept over their tomb. New Heart English Bible Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb. Webster's Bible Translation Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. World English Bible Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb. Young's Literal Translation And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: God will Punish the Wicked…31Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done? 32He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb. 33The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.… Cross References Job 21:31 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done? Job 21:33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number. Psalm 82:7 But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall." Treasury of Scripture Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. he be Psalm 49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. Ezekiel 32:21-32 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword… Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; grave. Jump to Previous Borne Carried Grave Graves Heap Keeps Kept Last Resting-Place Tomb WatchJump to Next Borne Carried Grave Graves Heap Keeps Kept Last Resting-Place Tomb WatchJob 21 1. Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved7. Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God 16. Sometimes their destruction is manifest 21. The happy and unhappy are alike in death 27. The judgment of the wicked is in another world (32) And shall remain in the tomb.--The word rendered tomb is rendered shock of corn in Job 5:26, and is not found in the sense of tomb elsewhere. It is doubtful, therefore, whether this is its meaning here. The verse may mean: "He shall be borne to the grave, and men shall watch over his sheaves," i.e., his possessions; or "He shall be borne to the grave with as much deference as when he used to watch over his sheaves" (to protect them from robbery).Verse 32. - Yet shall he be brought to the grave; rather, he moreover is borne (in pomp) to the grave. Even in death the advantage is still with the wicked man. He is borne in procession to the grave - a mausoleum or a family vault - by a long train of mourners, who weep and lament for him, and pay him funeral honours. The poor virtuous man, on the other hand, is hastily thrust under the soil. And shall remain in in the tomb; or shall keep watch over his tomb. The allusion is probably to the custom, common certainly in Egypt and Phoenicia, of carving a figure of the deceased on the lid of his sarcophagus, to keep as it were watch over the remains deposited within. The figure was sometimes accompanied by an inscription, denouncing curses on those who should dare to violate the tomb or disturb the remains (see 'Records of the Past,' vol. 9. pp. 112-114; and compare the author's 'History of Phoenicia,' pp. 393-395). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Heוְ֭הוּא (wə·hū) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is carried יוּבָ֑ל (yū·ḇāl) Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2986: To conduct, bear along to the grave, לִקְבָר֣וֹת (liq·ḇā·rō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6913: A grave, sepulcher and watch is kept יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃ (yiš·qō·wḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8245: To be alert, sleepless, to be on the lookout over וְֽעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against his tomb. גָּדִ֥ישׁ (gā·ḏîš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1430: A stack of sheaves, a tomb Links Job 21:32 NIVJob 21:32 NLT Job 21:32 ESV Job 21:32 NASB Job 21:32 KJV Job 21:32 BibleApps.com Job 21:32 Biblia Paralela Job 21:32 Chinese Bible Job 21:32 French Bible Job 21:32 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 21:32 Yet he will be borne to (Jb) |
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