Job 24:24
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They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.

Job 14:21
Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.

Job 21:33
He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.

Psalm 37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.

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They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.

are exalted

Job 20:5 That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

Psalm 37:10,35,36 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it. . . .

Psalm 73:19 How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.

Psalm 92:7 When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:

James 1:11 For the sun rose with a burning heat and parched the grass: and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished. So also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

James 5:1-3 Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you. . . .

gone.

Job 8:22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand.

*marg:

taken out.

Isaiah 17:5,6 And it shall be as when one gathereth in the harvest that which remaineth, and his arm shall gather the ears of corn: and it shall be as he that seeketh ears in the vale of Raphaim. . . .

Revelation 14:14-20 And I saw: and behold a white cloud and upon the cloud one sitting like to the Son of man, having on his head a crown of gold and in his hand a sharp sickle. . . .

Context
Job: Judgment for the Wicked
23God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways. 24They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.25And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?…
Lexicon
They are exalted
ר֤וֹמּוּ (rō·wm·mū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7426: To be exalted

for a moment,
מְּעַ֨ט ׀ (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

then they are gone;
וְֽאֵינֶ֗נּוּ (wə·’ê·nen·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

they are brought low
וְֽהֻמְּכ֗וּ (wə·hum·mə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4355: To be low or humiliated

and gathered up
יִקָּפְצ֑וּן (yiq·qā·p̄ə·ṣūn)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 7092: To draw together, close, to leap, to die

like all others;
כַּכֹּ֥ל (kak·kōl)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

they are cut off
יִמָּֽלוּ׃ (yim·mā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5243: Branch to be cut down off, circumcise

like heads
וּכְרֹ֖אשׁ (ū·ḵə·rōš)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

of grain.
שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת (šib·bō·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7641: A stream, an ear of grain, a branch


Additional Translations
They 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.They 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.

They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, 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.

For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.

They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

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

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

They 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.

High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.
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