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they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And though they are great now, in a moment they will be gone like all others, cut off like heads of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like the heads of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all <i>other</i>, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all <i>others;</i> They dry out like the heads of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“They are exalted a little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low, <i>and</i> like everything they are gathered up; Like the heads of grain they wither.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They are exalted a little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“They are exalted a little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They are exalted a little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything [they are] gathered up <i>and</i> taken out of the way; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are exalted for a moment, then gone; they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else. They wither like heads of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else. They wither like heads of grain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Great for a while; gone forever! Sinners are mowed down like weeds, then they wither and die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all other, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[Such people] may be prosperous for a little while, but then they're gone. They are brought down low and disappear like everything else. They wither like heads of grain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />For a while the wicked prosper, but then they wither like weeds, like stalks of grain that have been cut down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They're exalted momentarily, but then they are gone; they are humbled, just like all the others. They are cut down like heads of corn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />They were high [for] a little, and they are not, "" And they have been brought low. They are shut up as all [others], "" And cut off as the head of an ear of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They were lifted up a little while, and they are not, and they were brought low; as all they will be drawn together, and as the head of an ear of grain they shall be cut off.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They are lifted up for a little while, but they will not continue, and they will be brought low, just like all things, and they will be taken away, and, like the tops of the ears of grain, they will be crushed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They are exalted for a while, and then are no more; laid low, like everyone else they are gathered up; like ears of grain they shrivel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they wither and fade like the mallow; they are cut off like the heads of grain.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Such men are exalted for a little while, but soon are no more; yea, all the provokers shall be brought low and destroyed; they wither and are shaken out like the heads of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They will be lifted up a little and they are not, and they will be humbled and all the provokers will be destroyed, and like the head of blades of wheat they dry out and will be crumbled<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They are exalted for a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are gathered in as all others, And wither as the tops of the ears of corn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/24-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3803" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Job: Judgment for the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7426.htm" title="7426: rō·wm·mū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To be exalted. A primitive root; to rise.">They are exalted</a> <a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592: mə·‘aṭ (Adj-ms) -- A little, fewness, a few. Or miat; from ma'at; a little or few.">for a moment,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ê·nen·nū (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3ms) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">then they are gone;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4355.htm" title="4355: wə·hum·mə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Hofal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be low or humiliated. A primitive root; to tumble; figuratively, to perish.">they are brought low</a> <a href="/hebrew/7092.htm" title="7092: yiq·qā·p̄ə·ṣūn (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- Draw together, shut. A primitive root; to draw together, i.e. Close; by implication, to leap; specifically, to die.">and gathered up</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kak·kōl (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">like all others;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5243.htm" title="5243: yim·mā·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- Branch to be cut down off, circumcise. A primitive root; to become clipped or circumcised.">they are cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: ū·ḵə·rōš (Conj-w, Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">like heads</a> <a href="/hebrew/7641.htm" title="7641: šib·bō·leṯ (N-fs) -- Ear (of grain). Or shibboleth; from the same as shebel; a stream; also an ear of grain; by analogy, a branch.">of grain.</a> </span><span class="reftext">25</span>If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-10.htm">Psalm 37:10</a></span><br />Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalm 37:35-36</a></span><br />I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, / yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18-20</a></span><br />Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. / How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! / Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7</a></span><br />that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a></span><br />As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Isaiah 40:24</a></span><br />No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Isaiah 41:11-12</a></span><br />Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Isaiah 47:9</a></span><br />These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Jeremiah 12:2</a></span><br />You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Jeremiah 17:11</a></span><br />Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-49.htm">Matthew 13:49-50</a></span><br />So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous / and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-39.htm">Matthew 24:39</a></span><br />And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20</a></span><br />But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-27.htm">Luke 17:27</a></span><br />People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-6.htm">John 15:6</a></span><br />If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.</p><p class="hdg">are exalted</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/20-5.htm">Job 20:5</a></b></br> That the triumphing of the wicked <i>is</i> short, and the joy of the hypocrite <i>but</i> for a moment?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-10.htm">Psalm 37:10,35,36</a></b></br> For yet a little while, and the wicked <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i>: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19</a></b></br> How are they <i>brought</i> into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.</p><p class="hdg">gone.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/8-22.htm">Job 8:22</a></b></br> They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.</p><p class="hdg">taken out.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/17-5.htm">Isaiah 17:5,6</a></b></br> And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/14-14.htm">Revelation 14:14-20</a></b></br> And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud <i>one</i> sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/24-6.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/job/24-6.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/job/16-2.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/job/5-11.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/esther/9-28.htm">Fade</a> <a href="/job/24-6.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/job/16-10.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/job/24-10.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/job/15-29.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/job/22-12.htm">High</a> <a href="/job/21-11.htm">Little</a> <a href="/job/21-33.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/job/24-13.htm">Others</a> <a href="/job/19-10.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/job/21-4.htm">Short</a> <a href="/job/22-16.htm">Time</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-12.htm">Tops</a> <a href="/job/24-18.htm">Way</a> <a href="/job/18-16.htm">Wither</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/39-4.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/job/26-12.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/job/26-14.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/job/36-7.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/psalms/18-45.htm">Fade</a> <a href="/job/31-8.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/job/27-19.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/job/31-10.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/psalms/22-7.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/job/25-2.htm">High</a> <a href="/job/26-14.htm">Little</a> <a href="/job/27-1.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/job/31-8.htm">Others</a> <a href="/job/31-22.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/job/36-14.htm">Short</a> <a href="/job/27-19.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/36-30.htm">Tops</a> <a href="/job/26-8.htm">Way</a> <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Wither</a><div class="vheading2">Job 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-1.htm">Wickedness often goes unpunished</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-17.htm">There is a secret judgment for the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Job, it speaks to the temporary prosperity of the wicked, a recurring theme throughout the book. The brevity of their exaltation is reminiscent of <a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalm 37:35-36</a>, where the wicked flourish like a green tree but soon vanish. This highlights the biblical principle that earthly glory is fleeting and ultimately subject to God's sovereign judgment.<p><b>then they are gone</b><br>The sudden disappearance of the wicked underscores the inevitability of divine justice. This aligns with the broader biblical narrative that God will not allow injustice to prevail indefinitely. The imagery here can be connected to the parable of the rich fool in <a href="/luke/12-16.htm">Luke 12:16-21</a>, where sudden death renders earthly wealth meaningless. It serves as a reminder of the ultimate accountability before God.<p><b>they are brought low and gathered up like all others</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the common fate of all humanity, regardless of status. The idea of being "brought low" suggests humility imposed by divine intervention, while "gathered up" can be seen as a metaphor for death. <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:20</a> echoes this sentiment, stating that all return to dust. It reflects the biblical truth that death is the great equalizer, bringing both the righteous and the wicked to the same end.<p><b>they are cut off like heads of grain</b><br>The agricultural metaphor of being "cut off like heads of grain" illustrates the sudden and decisive nature of God's judgment. This imagery is consistent with prophetic literature, such as <a href="/isaiah/17-5.htm">Isaiah 17:5</a>, where the reaping of grain symbolizes divine retribution. It also foreshadows the final judgment, as seen in <a href="/matthew/13-24.htm">Matthew 13:24-30</a>, where the harvest represents the separation of the righteous from the wicked. This phrase serves as a sobering reminder of the ultimate accountability before God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and patience who endures immense suffering and questions the justice of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>In this context, Job is speaking about the wicked who seem to prosper temporarily but ultimately face judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The overarching theme of divine justice and the eventual downfall of the wicked.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/harvest_imagery.htm">Harvest Imagery</a></b><br>The metaphor of being "cut off like heads of grain" symbolizes the inevitable judgment and removal of the wicked.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_earthly_exaltation.htm">The Temporary Nature of Earthly Exaltation</a></b><br>Earthly success and exaltation are fleeting. We should focus on eternal values rather than temporary gains.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_divine_justice.htm">The Certainty of Divine Justice</a></b><br>God's justice may not be immediate, but it is certain. We can trust that God will ultimately set things right.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility.htm">The Importance of Humility</a></b><br>Recognizing the temporary nature of life should lead us to humility and reliance on God rather than pride in our achievements.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_uncertain_times.htm">The Role of Faith in Uncertain Times</a></b><br>Like Job, we are called to maintain our faith even when we do not understand God's timing or methods.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_harvest_as_a_metaphor_for_judgment.htm">The Harvest as a Metaphor for Judgment</a></b><br>The imagery of harvest reminds us that there will be a time of reckoning. We should live in a way that prepares us for that day.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_job_24_5-6_and_archaeology_align.htm">In Job 24:5-6, how do these descriptions of famine and survival harmonize with archeological evidence for agricultural practices of the period?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_matt_24_31_align_with_other_nt_end-times.htm">How can the 'gathering of the elect' in Matthew 24:31 be reconciled with other end-time passages in the New Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_silent_in_job_24_12.htm">In Job 24:12, why does it seem like God remains silent in the face of rampant oppression, clashing with other biblical passages where God intervenes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_24_19-20's_view_of_the_grave_unique.htm">In Job 24:19-20, is the depiction of the grave consuming sinners consistent with or contradictory to other Old Testament views on divine judgment?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 24.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low;</span> rather, <span class="accented">they are exalted</span>: <span class="accented">after a little while they are gone</span> <span class="accented">they are brought low.</span> Job has to admit that death comes upon wicked men at last; but he minimizes the terrors of their death, and exaggerates its alleviations. First, it comes on them when they have risen to eminence, have gained themselves a reputation, and "are exalted." Next, it is sudden and painless, preceded by no long, lingering illness, but just a sinking into non-existence; a tranquil passing away. Thirdly, it is at a ripe age, when they have reached the full term of human life, and are as ears of corn ripe for the harvest. Further, it is the common fate: <span class="cmt_word">They are taken out of the way as all other</span> (comp. <a href="/job/9-22.htm">Job 9:22</a>; <a href="/job/21-13.htm">Job 21:13</a>), and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. We may gather from this expression that the reaping in the land of Uz was conducted in Job's time much in the same way as it was in Egypt under the early Pharaohs, viz. by cutting the stalk with a sharp sickle almost immediately below the ear, and collecting the ears in baskets (see the author's 'Hist. of Ancient Egypt,' vol. 1. p. 162; and his 'Herodotus,' vol. 2. p. 59, 3rd edit.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/24-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They are exalted</span><br /><span class="heb">ר֤וֹמּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(rō·wm·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7426.htm">Strong's 7426: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exalted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for a moment,</span><br /><span class="heb">מְּעַ֨ט ׀</span> <span class="translit">(mə·‘aṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4592.htm">Strong's 4592: </a> </span><span class="str2">A little, fewness, a few</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then they are gone;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽאֵינֶ֗נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ê·nen·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they are brought low</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽהֻמְּכ֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hum·mə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4355.htm">Strong's 4355: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be low or humiliated</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and gathered up</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקָּפְצ֑וּן</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·qā·p̄ə·ṣūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7092.htm">Strong's 7092: </a> </span><span class="str2">To draw together, close, to leap, to die</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like all others;</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּכֹּ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(kak·kōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they are cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמָּֽלוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yim·mā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5243.htm">Strong's 5243: </a> </span><span class="str2">Branch to be cut down off, circumcise </span><br /><br /><span class="word">like heads</span><br /><span class="heb">וּכְרֹ֖אשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḵə·rōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of grain.</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(šib·bō·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7641.htm">Strong's 7641: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stream, an ear of grain, a branch</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/24-24.htm">Job 24:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/24-24.htm">OT Poetry: Job 24:24 They are exalted (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/24-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 24:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 24:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/24-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 24:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 24:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>