Job 27:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.
עָשִׁ֣יר יִ֭שְׁכַּב וְלֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑ף עֵינָ֖יו פָּקַ֣ח וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Job 24:24They 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.
- Ps 58 (57):9
- Ps 73 (72):19
- Ps 73 (72):20
- Jer 8:2And they shall spread them abroad to the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom have walked, and whom they have sought, and adored: they shall not be gathered, and they shall not be buried: they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth.
- Job 14:12So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep.
- Job 14:15Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand.
- Matt 23:37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldst not?