Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
They are exalted a little while, then {they are gone}. And they are brought low; they are cut off like all [others], and like [the] heads of grain they wither away.
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, they are
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
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.
Holman Bible
they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else.
They wither like heads of grain.
International Standard Version
They're exalted momentarily, but then they are gone; they are humbled, just like all the others. They are cut down like heads of corn.
A Conservative 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.
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.
Amplified
“They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone;
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything [they are] gathered up and taken out of the way;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
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.
Darby 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.
Julia Smith Translation
They were lifted up a little while, and they are not, and they were brought low; as all they will be drawn together, and as the head of an ear of grain they shall be cut off.
King James 2000
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 grain.
Modern King James verseion
They are lifted up for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are gathered in like all others, and are cut off like the heads of the ears of grain.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They are exalted for a little, but shortly are they gone, brought to extreme poverty, and taken out of the way: yea, and utterly plucked off, as the ears of corn.
NET Bible
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.'
New Heart 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.
The Emphasized Bible
They are exalted a little, and are not, Yea having been laid low, like all men, are they gathered, Even as the top of an ear of corn, do they hang down.
Webster
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.
Youngs 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.
Interlinear
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
23 He gives security to him, and he is supported, but his eyes [are] upon their ways. 24 They are exalted a little while, then {they are gone}. And they are brought low; they are cut off like all [others], and like [the] heads of grain they wither away. 25 "And if [it is] not [so], then who can prove me a liar and reduce my word to nothing?"
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 37:10
And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.
Job 8:22
[Those] who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked {will be no more}."
Job 14:21
His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.
Job 20:5
that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.
Psalm 73:19
How they become a desolation in a moment! They come to a complete end by terrors.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.
Isaiah 17:5-6
And it shall be as {when a reaper gathers} standing grain and he reaps grain [with] his arm, and it shall be like one who gathers ears of grain in the valley of Rephaim.
James 1:11
For the sun rises with its burning heat and dries up the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is lost. So also the rich person in his pursuits will wither away.
James 5:1-3
Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!
Revelation 14:14-20
And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud was seated [one] like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.