Job 24:24

WEB

²⁴They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

KJV

²⁴They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

BSB

²⁴They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

FBV

²⁴Though they may be illustrious for a while, soon they are gone. They are brought down like all others, cut off like the heads of grain.

Extra References

Psalms 37:10

¹⁰For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.

¹Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. ²Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. ³Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

Psalms 92:7

⁷though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

James 1:11

¹¹For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.

Psalms 37:35-36

³⁵I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. ³⁶But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Job 20:5

⁵that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Job 14:21

²¹His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.

Psalms 73:19

¹⁹How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

Revelation 14:14-20

¹⁴I looked, and saw a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man,having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. ¹⁵Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Send your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!” ¹⁶He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷Another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth’s grapes are fully ripe!” ¹⁹The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God. ²⁰The wine press was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out of the wine press, up to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.

Job 8:22

²²Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”