Parallel Verses
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.
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 like a moth's, like a booth that a watchman makes.
19
He opens his eyes, and
Phrases
Cross References
Job 24:24
They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like the heads of grain.
Jeremiah 8:2
And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Job 7:8
The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
Job 8:22
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."
Job 14:10
But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
Job 14:12-15
so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep.
Job 20:7-9
he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
Job 21:23-26
One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure,
Job 21:30
that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
Job 30:23
For I know that you will bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living.
Psalm 58:9
Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
Psalm 73:19-20
How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."