Job 4:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 4:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 4:21 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 4:21 — KJV
“Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.”
— Job 4:21 (KJV)
Job 4:21 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 4:21
“And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. and will...: Heb. not to hearken”
Shares key themes with Job 4:21: away, die, even
“For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc”
Shares key themes with Job 4:21: doth, away, die
“They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.”
Shares key themes with Job 4:21: away, die, even
“There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.”
Shares key themes with Job 4:21: die, even, without
“The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:”
Shares key themes with Job 4:21: doth, away, even
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