Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They die in youth,
And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes.

King James Version

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Holman Bible

They die in their youth;
their life ends among male cult prostitutes.

International Standard Version

They die in their youth; and their life will end among temple prostitutes.

A Conservative Version

They die in youth, and their life [perishes] among the unclean.

American Standard Version

They die in youth, And their life perisheth among the unclean.

Amplified


“They die in youth,
And their life ends among the cult prostitutes.

Bible in Basic English

They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

Darby Translation

Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Julia Smith Translation

Their soul will die in youth, and their life among the consecrated.

King James 2000

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{They die in their youth}, and their life [ends] among the male shrine prostitutes.

Modern King James verseion

Their soul dies in youth, and their life ends among the sodomites.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thus their soul perisheth in foolishness, and their life shall be condemned among the fornicators.

NET Bible

They die in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes.

New Heart English Bible

They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

The Emphasized Bible

Their soul should die in youth, and their life, among the unclean.

Webster

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

World English Bible

They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

Youngs Literal Translation

Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

die
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

in youth
נער 
No`ar 
Usage: 4

and their life
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

References

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

13 “But the godless in heart lay up anger;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.
14 They die in youth,
And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes.
15 “He delivers the afflicted in their affliction,
And opens their ear in time of oppression.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:17

None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.

Job 15:32

“It will be accomplished before his time,
And his palm branch will not be green.

Job 22:16

Who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were washed away by a river?

Psalm 55:23

But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.

Genesis 19:5

and they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.”

Genesis 19:24-25

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,

Genesis 38:7-10

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord took his life.

Leviticus 10:1-2

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.

Job 21:23-25

“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and satisfied;

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