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Job 27:19

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27:19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more.32

When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.33

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  1. 32 The verb is the Niphal יֵאָסֵף (ye’asef), from אָסַף (’asaf, “to gather”). So, “he lies down rich, but he is not gathered.” This does not make much sense. It would mean “he will not be gathered for burial,” but that does not belong here. Many commentators accept the variant יֹאסִף (yo’sif) stood for יוֹסִיף (yosif, “will [not] add”). This is what the and the have. This leads to the interpretive translation that “he will do so no longer.”
  2. 33 Heb “and he is not.” One view is that this must mean that he dies, not that his wealth is gone. R. Gordis (Job, 295) says the first part should be made impersonal: “when one opens one’s eyes, the wicked is no longer there.” E. Dhorme (Job, 396) has it more simply: “He has opened his eyes, and it is for the last time.” But the other view is that the wealth goes overnight. In support of this is the introduction into the verse of the wealthy. The , , ESV, and take it that “wealth is gone.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more;

he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;

when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;

when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

NLTNew Living Translation

The wicked go to bed rich

but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He goes to bed with wealth, but he will do so no more;

he opens his eyes, and it is gone.

KJV 1900King James Version

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered:

He openeth his eyes, and he is not.