Job 21:33

Modern

The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

Traditional

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Literal

The clods of the torrent are sweet to him; and after him every man will extend, and those before his face are without number.

Latin

Dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti, et post se omnem hominem trahet, et ante se innumerabiles.

Hebrew

English

The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

The clods of the valley are sweet to him: Job considered death as a relief (3:17–18).

Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
Job 30:23
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
Job 24:24
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.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
…before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Job 3:17–19
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
Ecclesiastes 1:4
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Job 3:22
…who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?
Job 17:16
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”