Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then 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!
A Conservative Version
He lays down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
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.
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 hath built, like a moth, his house, - like a hut, which a watcher hath made. 19 The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not. 20 There shall reach him - like waters - terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;
Phrases
Cross References
Job 24:24
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.
Jeremiah 8:2
And shall spread them out - To the sun, and To the moon, and To all the host of the heavens, Whom they have loved, And whom they have served, And after whom they have walked, And whom they have sought, And to whom they have bowed themselves down, - They shall not be gathered, Neither shall they be buried, As heaps of dung on the face of the ground, shall they be.
Genesis 49:10
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commanders staff a from between his feet, - Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples:
Job 7:8
Nor shall see me - the eye that used to behold me, Thine eyes, are upon me, and I am not.
Job 8:22
They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
Job 14:10
Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?
Job 14:12-15
So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep.
Job 20:7-9
Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he?
Job 21:23-26
This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure;
Job 21:30
That, to the day of calamity, is the wicked reserved, to the day of indignant visitation, are they led.
Job 30:23
For I know that, unto death, thou wilt bring me back, even unto the house of meeting for every one living.
Psalm 58:9
Before your kettles can perceive the kindled bramble, Be he green or be he withered, he shall be swept away.
Psalm 73:19-20
How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased - come to an end, by reason of calamities.
Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will clear out his threshing-floor, - and will gather his wheat into the granary, but, the chaff, will he burn up with fire unquenchable.
Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that slayeth the prophets, and stoneth them that have been sent unto her, - how often, would I have gathered thy children, like as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, - and ye would not!