Bible Strands
Job 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses his friends, describing the untroubled earthly trajectory of the wicked before their quiet descent.
The words — The Hebrew יְכַלּ֣וּ (ye.kha.lu) means "they complete" and בַ/טּ֣וֹב (va./Tov) translates literally to "in the good."
The thread — This pattern of worldly comfort followed by a peaceful end echoes in Psalm 73:4 and Matthew 24:38.
Why it lands — The text presents the wicked as experiencing unbroken prosperity until death, challenging readers to examine their own assumptions about immediate divine retribution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Cross-references
- Job 36:11 If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
- Psalms 73:4 They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
- Matthew 24:38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
- Luke 12:19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Luke 17:28 It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.