Job 24:24New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “They are exalted a little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all other, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [others], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— They are exalted a little, and are not, Yea having been laid low, like all men, are they gathered, Even as the top of an ear of corn, do they hang down.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They are exalted for a litle, but they are gone, and are brought lowe as all others: they are destroyed, and cut off as the toppe of an eare of corne.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They are exalted for a litle while, but are gone and brought low, they are taken out of the way as al [other], and cut off as the tops of the eares of corne.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Such men are exalted for a little while, but soon are no more; yea, all the provokers shall be brought low and destroyed; they wither and are shaken out like the heads of grain.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. |
They are exalted
7426 {7426} Primeרָמַםramam{raw-mam'}
A primitive root; to rise (literally or figuratively).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
for a little while,
4592 {4592} Primeמְעַטm@`at{meh-at'}
From H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative).
but are gone
x369 (0369) Complementאַיִן'ayin{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
and brought low;
4355 {4355} Primeמָכַךְmakak{maw-kak'}
A primitive root; to tumble (in ruins); figuratively to perish.
z8717 <8717> Grammar
Stem - Hophal (See H8825) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 123
they are taken out
y7092 [7092] Standardקָפַץqaphats{kaw-fats'}
A primitive root; to draw together, that is, close; by implication to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically to die (from gathering up the feet).
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602
of the way
y1870 [1870] Standardדֶּרֶךְderek{deh'-rek}
From H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of action, often adverbially.
x7092 (7092) Complementקָפַץqaphats{kaw-fats'}
A primitive root; to draw together, that is, close; by implication to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically to die (from gathering up the feet).
as all
x3605 (3605) Complementכֹּלkol{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
[ other], and cut off
5243 {5243} Primeנָמַלnamal{naw-mal'}
A primitive root; to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
as the tops
7218 {7218} Primeרֹאשׁro'sh{roshe}
From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literally or figuratively (in many applications, of place, time, rank, etc.).
of the ears of corn.
7641 {7641} Primeשִׁבֹּלshibbol{shib-bole'}
From the same as H7640; a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy a branch. |
Job 24:22-25
_ _ Reply of Job to the opinion of the friends. Experience proves the contrary. Translate: “But He (God) prolongeth the life of (literally, draweth out at length; Psalms 36:10, Margin) the mighty with His (God’s) power. He (the wicked) riseth up (from his sick bed) although he had given up hope of (literally, when he no longer believed in) life” (Deuteronomy 28:66).
Job 24:24
_ _ Job repeats what he said (Job 21:13), that sinners die in exalted positions, not the painful and lingering death we might expect, but a quick and easy death. Join “for a while” with “are gone,” not as English Version. Translate: “A moment — and they are no more! They are brought low, as all (others) gather up their feet to die” (so the Hebrew of “are taken out of the way”). A natural death (Genesis 49:33).
_ _ ears of corn — in a ripe and full age, not prematurely (Job 5:26). |
Job 24:24
The way — Out of this world. Other — They can no more prevent or delay their death, than the meanest men in the world. Corn — In its greatest height and maturity. |
- are exalted:
Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
Psalms 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].
Psalms 37:35-36 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. ... Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Psalms 73:19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalms 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:
James 1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
James 5:1-3 Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you]. ... Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
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- gone:
- Heb. not,
Job 8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
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- cut off:
Isaiah 17:5-6 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. ... Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two [or] three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four [or] five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
Revelation 14:14-20 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. ... And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.
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