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Job 21:13

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

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יבלוyvlvconsumeבָּלָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “consume”, an unfinished actionH1086to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.יְכַלּ֣וּyekhalvceaseכָּלָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “cease”, an unfinished actionH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…בַטּ֣וֹבvatovin goodטוֹבpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “in good”, the ordinary formH2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant,…יְמֵיהֶ֑םyemeyhemas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַעuveregaand in spaceרֶגַעconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and in space”, the ordinary formH7281a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of timeinstant, moment, space, suddenly.שְׁא֣וֹלsheolgraveשְׁאוֹלnoun, proper name — “grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.יֵחָֽתּוּyechatvpress soreנָחַתverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “press sore”, an unfinished actionH5181to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead downbe broken, (cause to) come down, enter, go down, press sore, settle, stick fast.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They spend their days in prosperity, and peacefully they go down to the grave.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

Young’s Literal Translation

They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down.

World English Bible

They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

Darby Translation

They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.

Douay-Rheims

They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They spend their days in prosperity, and peacefully they go down to the grave.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they spend their days in wealth, and fall asleep in the rest of the grave.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Συνετέλεσαν δὲ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς τὸν βίον αὐτῶν, ἐν δὲ ἀναπαύσει ᾅδου ἐκοιμήθησαν.