Job 21:33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 21 connects to 10 cross-references. Job challenges his friends to listen carefully before mocking him. He observes the empirical reality that the wicked do prosper: they live long, multiply, and die in peace without experiencing the judgment his friends claim is inevitable. This chapter represents …
Other Translations
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.
The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.
Cross References
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way …
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it …
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave …
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the …
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.