Job 21:13

¹³ They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.[1]

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Other Translations of Job 21:13

King James Version

¹³ They spend their days in wealth, in wealth: or, in mirth and in a moment go down to the grave.

English Standard Version

¹³ They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.

The Message

¹³ They have a long life on easy street, and die painlessly in their sleep.

New King James Version

¹³ They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave.

New Living Translation

¹³ They spend their days in prosperity, then go down to the grave in peace.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 21:13

Commentary on Job 21:7-16

(Read Job 21:7-16)

Job says, Remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Wherefore is it so? This is the day of God's patience; and, in some way or other, he makes use of the prosperity of the wicked to serve his own counsels, while it ripens them for ruin; but the chief reason is, because he will make it appear there is another world. These prospering sinners make light of God and religion, as if because they have so much of this world, they had no need to look after another. But religion is not a vain thing. If it be so to us, we may thank ourselves for resting on the outside of it. Job shows their folly.