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Job Chapter 4 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Job 4:21

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
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BBE Job 4:21

If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?
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DARBY Job 4:21

Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.
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KJV Job 4:21

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
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WBT Job 4:21

Doth not their excellence which is in them depart? they die, even without wisdom.
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WEB Job 4:21

Isn't their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
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YLT Job 4:21

Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - Doth not their excellency which is in them go away! "Their excellency" (יתרם) would seem to mean that which is highest in them - their spirit, or soul. It does not make much difference if we translate, with the Old Testament Revisers" their tent-cord," since that would be merely a metaphor for the soul, which sustains the body as the tent-cord does the tent. What deserves especial remark is that the "excellency" does not perish; it goes away, departs, or is removed. They die, even without wisdom; literally, not in wisdom; i.e. not having learnt in the whole course of their lives that true wisdom which their life-trials were intended to teach them.

Ellicott's Commentary