he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
Parallel translations
- KJV He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
- BSB he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
- NKJV He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see light.
- NASB He will go to the generation of his fathers; They will never see the light.
- NLT But they will die like all before them and never again see the light of day.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Job 33:30to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
- Gen 15:15but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
- Ps 56:13For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
- Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared — whose will they be?’
- Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
- 1 Kgs 16:6Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
- Matt 22:13Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
- Luke 16:22–23The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
- Eccl 3:21Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”
- Eccl 12:7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Matt 8:12but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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