Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
He lays down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
New American Standard Bible
He opens his eyes, and
King James Version
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Holman Bible
when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
International Standard Version
He will go to bed wealthy, but won't be doing that anymore! When he opens his eyes, it will be gone!
American Standard Version
He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Amplified
“He lies down rich, but never will again;
He opens his eyes, and it is gone.
Bible in Basic English
He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.
Darby Translation
He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Julia Smith Translation
The rich one shall lie down, and he shall not be gathered: he opened his eyes, and he is not
King James 2000
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He goes to bed [with] wealth, but {he will do so no more}; he opens his eyes, and {it is gone}.
Modern King James verseion
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When the rich man dieth, he carrieth nothing with him: he is gone in the twinkling of an eye.
NET Bible
He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.
New Heart English Bible
He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
The Emphasized Bible
The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
Webster
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
World English Bible
He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
Youngs Literal Translation
Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 27:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues His Final Speech
18 He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper makes. 19 He lays down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]. He opens his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 24:24
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.
Jeremiah 8:2
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T
Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and to him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
Job 7:8
The eye of him who sees me shall behold me no more. Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
Job 8:22
Those who hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
Job 14:10
But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Job 14:12-15
so man lays down and does not rise. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
Job 20:7-9
yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Job 21:23-26
One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Job 21:30
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Job 30:23
For I know that thou will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Psalm 58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
Psalm 73:19-20
How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Matthew 3:12
Whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. And he will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who have been sent to her. How often I wanted to gathered thy children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and ye would not.