Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.

New American Standard Bible

“The clods of the valley will gently cover him;
Moreover, all men will follow after him,
While countless ones go before him.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The dirt on his grave is sweet to him.
Everyone follows behind him,
and those who go before him are without number.

International Standard Version

The runoff from the streams will seem sweet to him; everyone will follow after him; countless crows march ahead of him.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him],
Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave],
While countless ones go before him.

Bible in Basic English

The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And the clods of the valley were sweet to him, and every man shall draw after him, and before him no number.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] clods of [the] valley are sweet to him; everyone will follow after him, and {before} him {they are innumerable}.

Modern King James verseion

And the clods of the valley shall be sweet to him and every man shall draw after him, as there is no numbering of those before him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then shall he be fain to be buried among the stones by the brookside. All men must follow him, and there are innumerable gone before him.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Pleasant to him are the mounds of the torrent-bed, - and, after him, doth every man march, as, before him, there were without number.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רגב 
Regeb 
Usage: 2

of the valley
נחלה נחלה נחל 
Nachal 
Usage: 141

מתק 
Mathaq 
Usage: 5

unto him, and every man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

משׁך 
Mashak 
Usage: 36

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar

32 And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound, 33 The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng. 34 So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!"

Cross References

Job 30:23

I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."

Job 3:17-19

There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

Job 3:22

who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave?

Job 17:16

Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"

Job 24:24

They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.'

Ecclesiastes 1:4

A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.

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