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Job 27:19
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
The wicked are rich when they go to bed, but they are rich for the last time; when they open their eyes, everything is gone.
He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.
"He lies down rich, but never will again; He opens his eyes, and it is gone.
"He lies down rich, but never again; He opens his eyes, and it no longer exists.
He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
When the rich man sleepeth, he shal not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
He lies down rich, but never again;He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
Those sinners may go to bed rich, but they will wake up poor.
He may lie down rich, but his wealth yields nothing; when he opens his eyes, it isn't there.
He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
They might be rich when they go to bed, but when they open their eyes, all their riches will be gone.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not rise again; he opens his eyes, and he is gone.
One last time they will lie down rich, and when they wake up, they will find their wealth gone.
He goes to bed with wealth, but he will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and it is gone.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is not.
When the rich man dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is gone in ye twincklynge of an eye.
He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.
He lieth down rich, but there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.
The rich man shall lie downe, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not:
The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.
He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
A riche man, whanne he schal die, schal bere no thing with hym; he schal opene hise iyen, and he schal fynde no thing.
He lies down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He opens his eyes, and he is not.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
The rich man will lie down,But not be gathered up; [fn] He opens his eyes,And he is no more.
The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.
He goes to bed rich, but will never again. When he opens his eyes, his riches are gone.
They go to bed with wealth, but will do so no more; they open their eyes, and it is gone.
The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.
He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
"He lies down rich, but never again; He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
shall lie: Job 14:13-15, Job 21:23-26, Job 21:30, Job 30:23
gathered: Genesis 49:10, Jeremiah 8:2, Matthew 3:12, Matthew 23:37
he openeth: Job 20:7-9, Psalms 58:9, Psalms 73:19, Psalms 73:20
he is not: Job 8:22, Job 14:10, Job 14:12, Job 24:24, *marg.
Reciprocal: Job 21:20 - see Psalms 49:17 - he shall Proverbs 10:25 - the whirlwind
Cross-References
And he that came out fyrst, was red, and he was all ouer as it were a hearie garment, and they called his name Esau.
Nowe therefore take I pray thee thy weapons, thy quyuer and thy bowe, and get thee to the fielde, that thou mayest take me some venison.
And make me well tastyng meates, such as I loue, and bryng it to me, that I may eate, that my soule may blesse thee before that I dye.
Then sayde Isahac vnto Iacob: Come neare, and I wyll feele thee my sonne, whether thou be my very sonne Esau, or not.
And he knewe him not, because his handes were heary as his brother Esaus handes: and so he blessed hym.
And he asked him: art thou my sonne Esau? And he sayde: that I am.
Then sayde he: Bryng me, & let me eate of my sonnes venison, that my soule may blesse thee. And he brought hym, and he ate: and he brought hym wine also, and he dranke.
He saide vnto him: I am a prophet also as well as thou, and an angell spake vnto me in the word of the Lorde, saying: Bryng him againe with thee into thyne house, that he may eate bread, & drinke water. [And] he lyed vnto him.
And Ieroboam saide vnto his wyfe: Up I pray thee, and disguise thy selfe, that thou be not knowen to be the wyfe of Ieroboam: and get thee to Silo, for there is Ahia the prophet which tolde me that I should be king ouer this people.
Because ye haue sayd, We haue made a couenaunt with death, and with hell are we at agreement: and though there go foorth a sore plague, it shall not come vnto vs, for we haue made falsehood our refuge, and vnder vanitie are we hid.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered,.... That is, the wicked rich man; and the sense is, either he shall lie down upon his bed, but shall not be gathered to rest, shall get no sleep, the abundance of his riches, and the fear of losing them, or his life for them, will not suffer him to compose himself to sleep; or else it expresses his sudden loss of them, he "lies down" at night to take his rest, "and it is not gathered", his riches are not gathered or taken away from him, but remain with him:
he openeth his eyes: in the morning, when he awakes from sleep:
and it [is] not; by one providence or another he is stripped of all substance; or rather this is to be understood of his death, and of what befalls him at that time: death is often in Scripture signified by lying down, sleeping, and taking rest, as on a bed, see Job 14:10; rich men die as well as others; their riches cannot profit them, or be of any avail to them to ward off the stroke of death, and their death is miserable; he is "not gathered", or "shall not gather" m, he cannot gather up his riches, and carry it with him, Psalms 49:15 1 Timothy 6:7; "he openeth his eyes" in another world, "and it is not", his riches are not with him; or, as the Vulgate Latin version, "he shall find nothing"; or rather the meaning is, he is "not gathered"; to his grave, as Jarchi and Ben Gersom; and so Mr. Broughton, "he is not taken up", that is, as he interprets it, to be honestly buried. He is not buried in the sepulchres of his ancestors, which is often in Scripture signified by a man being gathered to his people, or to his fathers; but here it is suggested, that, notwithstanding all his riches, he should have no burial, or, what is worse than that, when he dies he should not be gathered to the saints and people of God, or into God's garner, into heaven and happiness: "but he openeth his eyes"; in hell, as the rich man is said to do, and finds himself in inexpressible torment: "and he is not"; on earth, in his palace he built, nor among his numerous family, friends, and acquaintance, and in the possession of his earthly riches, but is in hell in the most miserable and distressed condition that can be conceived of. Some think this last clause respects the suddenness of his death, one "opens his eyes", and looks at him, "and he is not"; he is dead, in the twinkling of an eye, and is no more in the land of the living; but the former sense is best.
m ויאסף "nihil secum auferet", V. L.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The rich man - That is, the rich man who is wicked.
Shall lie down - Shalt die - for so the connection demands.
But he shall not be gathered - In an honorable burial. The slain in battle are gathered together for burial; but he shall be unburied. The expressions “to be gathered,” “to be gathered to one’s fathers,” frequently occur in the Scriptures, and seem to be used to denote a peaceful and happy death and an honorable burial. There was the idea of a happy union with departed friends; of being honorably placed by their side in the grave, and admitted to companionship with them again in the unseen world; compare Genesis 25:8; Genesis 35:29; Genesis 49:29, Genesis 49:33; Numbers 27:13; Deuteronomy 32:50; Judges 2:10; 2 Kings 22:20. Among the ancients, the opinion prevailed that the souls of those who were not buried in the customary manner, were not permitted to enter Hades, or the abodes of the dead, but were doomed to wander for an hundred years upon the banks of the river Styx. Thus, Homer (Iliad, 23:71, following) represents the spirit of Patroclus as appearing to Achilles, and praying him that he would commit his body with proper honors to the earth. So Palinurus is represented by Virgil (Aeneid, vi. 365) as saying, “Cast earth upon me, that I may have a calm repose in death.” The Hindoos, says Dr. Ward, believe that the souls of those who are unburied wander about and find no rest. It is possible that such views may have prevailed in the time of Job. The sentiment here is, that such an honored death would be denied the rich man of oppression and wickedness.
He openeth his eyes, and he is not - That is, in the twinkling of an eye he is no more. From the midst of his affluence he is suddenly cut off, and hurried away in a moment.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 27:19. The rich man shall lie down — In the grave.
But he shall not be gathered — Neither have a respectable burial among men, nor be gathered with the righteous in the kingdom of God. It may be that Job alludes here to an opinion relative to the state of certain persons after death, prevalent in all nations in ancient times, viz., that those whose funeral rites had not been duly performed, wander about as ghosts, and find no rest.
He openeth his eyes — In the morning of the resurrection.
And he is not. — He is utterly lost and undone for ever. This seems to be the plain sense of the passage; and so all the versions appear to have understood it; but Reiske and some others, by making יאסף yeaseph an Arabic word, signifying, not the idea of gathering, but care, anxiety, c., have quite altered this sense of the passage and Mr. Good, who copies them, translates thus: Let the rich man lie down, and care not. I see no manner of occasion to resort to this interpretation, which, in my judgment, gives a sense inferior to that given above, or to the following: The rich man shall lie down-go to his rest, fully persuaded that his property is in perfect safety; but he shall not be gathered, or he shall not gather-make any farther addition to his stores: he openeth his eyes in the morning, when he is not-marauders in the night have stripped him of all his property, as in the case of Job himself; a case quite probable, and not unfrequent in Arabia, when a hostile tribe makes a sudden incursion, and carries off an immense booty. But I prefer the first meaning, as it is obtained without crucifying the text. Coverdale translates: When the rich man dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is gone in the twincklinge of an eye.
