Job 21:13 · KJV
“They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. {in wealth: or, in mirth}”
— Job 21:13
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job 21 — Context
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. {in wealth: or, in mirth}
14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15What {is} the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Cross References
Job 36:11
If they obey and serve {him}, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Luke 12:19-20
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.
Psalms 73:4
For {there are} no bands in their death: but their strength {is} firm. {firm: Heb. fat}
Luke 17:28-29
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
Matthew 24:38-39
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,