Job 4:21

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Summary

Job 4:21

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

Excellency

Die

Bible References

Excellency

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath.

Selah.

As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for Sheol to consume

So that they have no habitation.

Do not trust in princes,

In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

“Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will ponder over you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,

Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

For the sun rises with

a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

Die

“But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword
And they will die without knowledge.

Man in his pomp, yet without understanding,

Is like the beasts that perish.

Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils;

For

why should he be esteemed?

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night

your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’