Parallel Verses
Amplified
‘Is not their tent-cord drawn up within them [so that the tent collapses]?
Do they not die, and yet without [acquiring] 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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 4:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Secret Was Told To Me
20
‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces and destroyed;
Unobserved and unnoticed, they perish forever.
‘Is not their tent-cord drawn up within them [so that the tent collapses]?
Do they not die, and yet without [acquiring] wisdom?’
Names
Cross References
Job 36:12
“But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments]
And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.
Job 8:22
“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”
Job 18:21
“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked and the ungodly,
And such is the place of him who does not know or recognize or honor God.”
Psalm 39:5
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Psalm 39:11
“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;
You consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.
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].
Psalm 49:20
A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 146:3-4
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Isaiah 2:22
Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
Isaiah 14:16
“Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will consider you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
Luke 12:20
Luke 16:22-23
James 1:11
For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; its flower falls off and