Job 21:21 · KJV
“For what pleasure {hath} he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?”
— Job 21:21
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Shall {any} teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Job 21 — Context
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know {it}. {his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity}
20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21For what pleasure {hath} he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22Shall {any} teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. {his...: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection}
Cross References
Job 14:5
Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Luke 16:27-28
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
Psalms 102:24
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years {are} throughout all generations.
Psalms 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. {bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and deceit} {shall...: Heb. shall not half their days}
Job 14:21
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth {it} not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth {it} not of them.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. {taken: Heb. laboured}