or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
Parallel translations
- WEB or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
- KJV Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
- NKJV Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver;
- NASB Or with rulers who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver.
- NLT I would rest with princes, rich in gold, whose palaces were filled with silver.
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Quick answer
He would also rest with wealthy princes. Riches cannot exempt anyone from the grave.
Overview
Job continues that in death he would join princes who amassed gold and silver, yet now lie in the dust. Earthly wealth offers no escape from mortality. The verse underscores the vanity of riches and Job's yearning for the rest that even the powerful share in death.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Job 22:25then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
- 1 Kgs 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
- Zeph 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
- Num 22:18But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
- Zech 9:3Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
- Job 27:16–17Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Isa 2:7Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
- Job 12:21He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
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