Job 24:19 Cross References - BSB

¹⁹ As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

¹⁵ But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow, ¹⁶ darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow, ¹⁷ but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.

¹³ They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

²³ One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

³² He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb. ³³ The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number. ³⁴ So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”

¹⁴ Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

⁸ Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun. ⁹ Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.

² As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

³² The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

⁴ There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion. ⁵ For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten. ⁶ Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

²⁰ 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?’

²² One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.