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Job 27:19
Job 27:19 is verse 19 of Job chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
King James Version
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
World English Bible
He lies down rich, but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
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Job 27:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
18 The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 14:13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
Job 14:15You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
Job 21:23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
Job 21:24His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
Job 21:25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
Job 21:26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
Jeremiah 8:2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Job 20:7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
Job 20:9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Psalms 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
Job 8:22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Job 14:12so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
Job 24:24They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.