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Job 24:24

NETBible	They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone,¹ they are brought low² like all others, and gathered in,³ and like a head of grain they are cut off.’⁴
NIV © biblegateway Job 24:24	For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like ears of corn.
NASB © biblegateway Job 24:24	"They are exalted a little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
NLT © biblegateway Job 24:24	And though they are great now, in a moment they will be gone like all others, withered like heads of grain.
MSG © biblegateway Job 24:24	They may get their brief successes, but then it's over, nothing to show for it. Like yesterday's newspaper, they're used to wrap up the garbage.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 24:24	For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 24:24	They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they wither and fade like the mallow; they are cut off like the heads of grain.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 24:24	They are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all others ; They dry out like the heads of grain.
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KJV	They are exalted <07426> (8804) for a little while <04592>_, but are gone and brought low <04355> (8717)_; they are taken out <07092> (8735) of the way <01870> as all [other], and cut off <05243> (8799) as the tops <07218> of the ears of corn <07641>_. {are gone: Heb. are not} {taken...: Heb. closed up}
NASB © biblegateway Job 24:24	"They are exalted <07426> a little <04592> while <04592> , then they are gone <0369> ; Moreover, they are brought <04355> low <04355> and like everything <03605> gathered <07092> up; Even like the heads <07218> of grain <07641> they are cut <04448> off <04448> .
LXXM	pollouv <4183> A-APM gar <1063> PRT ekakwsen <2559> V-AAI-3S to <3588> T-NSN uqwma <5313> N-NSN autou <846> D-GSM emaranyh <3133> V-API-3S de <1161> PRT wsper <3746> ADV moloch {N-NSF} en <1722> PREP kaumati <2738> N-DSN h <2228> CONJ wsper <3746> ADV stacuv <4719> N-NSM apo <575> PREP kalamhv <2562> N-GSF automatov <844> A-NSM apopeswn <634> V-AAPNS
NET [draft] ITL	They are exalted <07426> for a little <04592> while, and then they are gone <0369> , they are brought low <04355> like all <03605> others, and gathered in <07092> , and like a head <07218> of grain <07641> they are cut off <05243> .’
HEBREW	wlmy <05243> tlbs <07641> sarkw <07218> Nwupqy <07092> lkk <03605> wkmhw <04355> wnnyaw <0369> jem <04592> wmwr (24:24) <07426>

NETBible

They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone,¹ they are brought low² like all others, and gathered in,³ and like a head of grain they are cut off.’⁴

NET Notes

¹tn The Hebrew throughout this section (vv. 18-24) interchanges the singular and the plural. Here again we have “they are exalted…but he is not.” The verse is clear nonetheless: the wicked rise high, and then suddenly they are gone.

²tn The verb is the Hophal of the rare verb מָכַךְ (makhakh), which seems to mean “to bend; to collapse.” The text would read “they are made to collapse like all others.” There is no reason here to change “like others” just because the MT is banal. But many do, following the LXX with “like mallows.” The LXX was making a translation according to sense. R. Gordis (Job, 271) prefers “like grass.”

³tn The verb קָפַץ (qafats) actually means “to shut in,” which does not provide exactly the idea of being gathered, not directly at least. But a change to קָטַף (qataf, “pluck”) while attractive, is not necessary.

⁴sn This marks the end of the disputed section, taken here to be a quotation by Job of their sentiments.