Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

‘Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?
They die, yet without wisdom.’

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Are their tent cords not pulled up?
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.'

NET Bible

Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
which is in them go away
נסע 
Naca` 
Usage: 146

מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

A Secret Was Told To Me

20 From morning to evening, they are shattered. They will disappear forever without anyone noticing. 21 ‘Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?
They die, yet without wisdom.’

Cross References

Job 36:12

However if they do not obey, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

Job 8:22

Your enemies will be clothed in shame. The tents of the wicked will be no more.

Job 18:21

This is the dwelling of an evil man! This is the place of one who does not know God!

Psalm 39:5

Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.

Psalm 39:11

With stern reproof you discipline people for their iniquity. Like a moth you consume what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a breath of air.

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep, they are laid in the grave. Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule them in the morning. Their forms will decay in the grave, far away from their comfortable homes.

Psalm 49:20

Mortals, with what they treasure, still do not have understanding. They are like animals that die.

Psalm 146:3-4

Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting people, whose breath (life) is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything?

Isaiah 14:16

Those who see you stare at you. They look at you closely and say: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook the kingdoms,

Luke 12:20

But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?'

Luke 16:22-23

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died and was buried.

James 1:11

The sun rises with scorching heat and withers the grass. The flower falls off and its beauty perishes. So also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.

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