Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.
New American Standard Bible
They die, yet
King James Version
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Holman Bible
They die without wisdom.
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International Standard Version
Their wealth perishes with them, doesn't it? They die, and do so without having wisdom, don't they?"
A Conservative Version
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
American Standard Version
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
Amplified
‘Is not their tent-cord drawn up within them [so that the tent collapses]?
Do they not die, and yet without [acquiring] wisdom?’
Bible in Basic English
If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?
Darby Translation
Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.
Julia Smith Translation
Did not their remainder in them remove? They will die, and not in wisdom.
King James 2000
Does not their excellence which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Is] not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but not in wisdom.'
Modern King James verseion
Is not their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, but not with wisdom.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Is not their dignity taken away with them? They shall die - and not in wisdom.'
New Heart English Bible
Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
The Emphasized Bible
Is not their tent-rope within them, torn away? They die, disrobed of wisdom!
Webster
Doth not their excellence which is in them depart? they die, even without wisdom.
World English Bible
Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
Youngs Literal Translation
Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!
Interlinear
Yether
Naca`
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 4:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Secret Was Told To Me
20 They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it. 21 Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.
Names
Cross References
Job 36:12
But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.
Job 8:22
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."
Job 18:21
Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.'"
Psalm 39:5
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Psalm 39:11
You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)
Psalm 49:14
They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.
Psalm 49:20
Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.
Psalm 146:3-4
Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!
Isaiah 2:22
Stop trusting in human beings, whose life's breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?
Isaiah 14:16
Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking: "Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble?
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
Luke 16:22-23
"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
James 1:11
For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.