Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

New American Standard Bible

“But He drags off the valiant by His power;
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

King James Version

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Holman Bible

Yet God drags away the mighty by His power;
when He rises up, they have no assurance of life.

International Standard Version

God prolongs the life of the strong by his power, but they get up in the morning without purpose in life.

A Conservative Version

Yet [God] preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

American Standard Version

Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

Amplified


“Yet God draws away the mighty by His power;
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

Darby Translation

He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Julia Smith Translation

And he drew the mighty in his power: he will rise up and none shall be sure in living.

King James 2000

He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, but no man is sure of life.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yet he carries off [the] tyrants by his strength; [if] he rises up, then he cannot be certain of life.

Modern King James verseion

He also draws the mighty with his power; he rises up, and no one is sure of life.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They pluck down the mighty with their power, and when they themselves are gotten up, they are never without fear, as long as they live.

NET Bible

But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

New Heart English Bible

Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

The Emphasized Bible

Yea he draggeth along the mighty by his strength, He riseth up, and none hath assurance of life;

Webster

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

World English Bible

Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

Youngs Literal Translation

And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He draweth
משׁך 
Mashak 
Usage: 36

also the mighty
H47
אבּיר 
'abbiyr 
Usage: 17

with his power
כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

he riseth up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

and no man is sure
אמן 
'aman 
Usage: 108

Verse Info

Context Readings

Job's Eighth Speech, Continued

21 He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child. 22 But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life. 23 He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

Cross References

Esther 3:8-10

And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

Daniel 6:4-9

Then the chief rulers and the captains were looking for some cause for putting Daniel in the wrong in connection with the kingdom, but they were unable to put forward any wrongdoing or error against him; because he was true, and no error or wrong was to be seen in him.

John 19:12-16

Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.

Revelation 16:13-14

And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, like frogs.

Revelation 17:2

With whom the kings of the earth made themselves unclean, and those who are on the earth were full of the wine of her evil desires.

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