Job 27:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.”
Job 27:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Job 27:197 words
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
Church Fathers on Job 27:19
When the rich man sleepeth, he shall take nothing away with him, he shall open his eyes and shall find nought. In harmony with which same sentence the Psalmist saith, All the foolish in heart are troubled, they have slept their sleep, and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands. For in order that the rich after death may ‘find something in their hand,’ it is told to them before death, in whose hands they should place their riches. Make to yourselves friends…
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