Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

New American Standard Bible

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They will never see the light.

King James Version

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

Holman Bible

he will go to the generation of his fathers;
they will never see the light.

International Standard Version

you will end up like your ancestors' generation, never again to see the light of day!

A Conservative Version

he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

American Standard Version

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.

Amplified


He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never again see the light.

Bible in Basic English

He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.

Darby Translation

It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.

Julia Smith Translation

It shall go even to the generation of his fathers; even forever they shall not see light

King James 2000

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

Lexham Expanded Bible

it will go to the generation of his fathers. Never will they see light.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But when he followeth his fathers' generation, he shall never see light any more.

NET Bible

But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

New Heart English Bible

he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

The Emphasized Bible

He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light.

Webster

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

World English Bible

he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

Youngs Literal Translation

It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

References

Context Readings

Misplaced Trust In Wealth

18 For in his life he blessed his soul; yea, they praise you when you do well to yourself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man in honor, but without understanding, is like the animals; they shall perish.

Cross References

Genesis 15:15

And you shall go to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in a good old age.

Job 33:30

to bring back his soul from the Pit, to be lighted with the light of the living.

Psalm 56:13

For You have delivered my soul from death; have You not kept my feet from falling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

1 Kings 16:6

And Baasha lay with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son reigned in his place.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.

Matthew 8:12

But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?

Luke 16:22-23

And it happened that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich one also died and was buried.

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea foaming up their shames; wandering stars for whom blackness of darkness has been kept forever.

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