Job 3:14 Cross References

Job 3:14

14: I would rest with the world's kings and prime ministers, famous for their great construction projects.

but their cities will be ruined. They will live in abandoned houses that are ready to tumble down.

With one voice they all cry out, `Now you are as weak as we are!
Your might and power are gone; they were buried with you. All the pleasant music in your palace has ceased. Now maggots are your sheet and worms your blanket.'
"How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world.
For you said to yourself, `I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God's stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north.
I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.'

Destruction is certain for you who buy up property so others have no place to live. Your homes are built on great estates so you can be alone in the land.

When Solomon died, he was buried in the city of his father, David. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.

I will send you to the pit to lie there with those who descended there long ago. Your city will lie in ruins, buried beneath the earth, like those in the pit who have entered the world of the dead. Never again will you be given a position of respect here in the land of the living.

And I know that you are sending me to my death--the destination of all who live.

No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave.

None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue those who practice it.

Damascus traded for your rich variety of goods, bringing wine from Helbon and white wool from Zahar.
Greeks from Uzal came to trade for your merchandise. Wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were bartered for your wares.
Dedan traded their expensive saddle blankets with you.
"The Arabians and the princes of Kedar brought lambs and rams and goats in trade for your goods.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah came with all kinds of spices, jewels, and gold in exchange for your wares.

Like sheep, they are led to the grave, where death will be their shepherd. In the morning the godly will rule over them. Their bodies will rot in the grave, far from their grand estates.

They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.
Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.
Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough
to live forever and never see the grave.
Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.

Your children will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities. Then you will be known as the people who rebuild their walls and cities.

He leads counselors away stripped of good judgment; he drives judges to madness.

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