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They finishיְכַלּוּtheir daysיְמֵיהֶםin prosperity,בַטּוֹבand in a momentוּבְרֶגַעthey go downיֵחָתּוּto Sheol.שְׁאוֹל
Job 21:13
Study it in the app“They finish their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 21:13, word by word
- They finishיְכַלּוּyechalu
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “yechalu” appears- their daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- in prosperityטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- and in a momentרֶגַעrega
moment
Instant, a very brief moment.
Where else “rega” appears- they go downיֵחָתּוּyechatu
come down
To descend, or fall on someone.
Where else “yechatu” appears- to Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears
The context
12They raise their voice with the tambourine and lyre, and rejoice at the sound of the flute.
13 · This verse (above)
14And they say to El, ‘Turn away from us; the knowledge of your ways we do not desire.