Job 27:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.”
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“He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 27:19 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Job 7:8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
- Job 8:22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
- Job 14:12so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
- Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
- Job 20:7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
- Job 21:23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
- Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- 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.
- Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
- Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
- Proverbs 23:4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
- Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Jeremiah 8:2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
- Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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