Parallel Verses
Amplified
“When he is carried to his grave,
A guard will keep watch over his tomb.
New American Standard Bible
Men will keep watch over his tomb.
King James Version
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Holman Bible
and someone keeps watch over his tomb.
International Standard Version
when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb?
A Conservative Version
Yet he shall be borne to the grave, and men shall keep watch over the tomb.
American Standard Version
Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
Bible in Basic English
He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.
Darby Translation
Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.
Julia Smith Translation
And he shall be led away to the graves, and shall watch over the tomb.
King James 2000
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When he is brought to [the] grave, then someone stands guard over [the] tomb.
Modern King James verseion
Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and watch shall be kept over his tomb.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet shall he be brought to his grave, and dwell among the heap of the dead.
NET Bible
And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,
New Heart English Bible
Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.
The Emphasized Bible
Yet, he, to the graves, is borne, and, over the tomb, one keepeth watch;
Webster
Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
World English Bible
Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 21:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar
31
“But who will confront him with his actions and rebuke him face to face,
And who will repay him for what he has done?
“When he is carried to his grave,
A guard will keep watch over his tomb.
“The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him],
Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave],
While countless ones go before him.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].
Ezekiel 32:21-32
The strong among the mighty rulers will say of him (Pharaoh) and his allies from the midst of Sheol, ‘They have gone down [defeated]; they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’
Luke 16:22