Job 21 · Verse 32

Job 21:32

Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Job 21:32, King James Version

Job 21:32 in other translations

BSBHe is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
WEBYet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
ASVYet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
YLTAnd he--to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
DARBYYet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.
BBEHe is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.
WebsterYet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

What does Job 21:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. Yet--rather, "and." brought--with solemn pomp (Psa 45:15). grave--literally, "graves"; that is, the place where the graves are. remain in--rather, watch on the tomb, or sepulchral mound. Even after death he seems still to live and watch (that is, have his "remembrance" preserved) by means of the monument over the grave. In opposition to Bildad (Job 18:17).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave - He shall die like other men; and the corruption of the grave shall prey upon him. Mr. Carlyle, in his specimens of Arabic poetry, Translations, p. 16, quotes this verse, which he translates and paraphrases, והוא לקברות יובל "He shall be brought to the grave," ועל גדוש ישקוד And shall watch upon the high-raised heap." It was the opinion of the pagan Arabs, that upon the death of any person, a bird, by them called Manah, issued from the brain, and haunted the sepulcher of the deceased, uttering a lamentable scream. This notion, he adds, is evidently alluded to in Job 21:32. Thus Abusahel, on the death of his mistress: - "If her ghost's funereal screech Through the earth my grave should reach, On that voice I loved so well My transported ghost would dwell."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 21:27-34

Job opposes the opinion of his friends, That the wicked are sure to fall into visible and remarkable ruin, and none but the wicked; upon which principle they condemned Job as wicked. Turn to whom you will, you will find that the punishment of sinners is designed more for the other world than for this, Jude 1:14, 15. The sinner is here supposed to live in a great deal of power. The sinner shall have a splendid…

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Job 21:32 in the original Hebrew

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וְ֭הוּאVe.hu'and heH1931
לִקְבָר֣וֹתlik.va.Rotto [the] grave<s>H6913
יוּבָ֑לyu.Valhe will be borneH2986
וְֽעַל\־ve.'al-and overH5921
גָּדִ֥ישׁga.Disha tombH1430
יִשְׁקֽוֹד\׃yish.Kodsomeone will keep watchH8245

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 21:32

  • Luke 16:22

    And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

  • Psalms 49:14

    Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

  • Ezekiel 32:21-32

    The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he be.
Ps 49:14; Eze 32:21-32; Lu 16:22
grave. Heb. graves. remain in the tomb. Heb. watch in theheap.

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Context

  • Job 21:31

    Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

  • Job 21:32

    Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

  • Job 21:33

    The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

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Job 21:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque llevado será él á los sepulcros, y en el montón permanecerá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il sera conduit dans un sépulcre, et sur le tertre il veillera.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er wird zu den Gräbern hingebracht, und auf dem Grabhügel wacht er.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ipse ad sepulchra ducetur, et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit.