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32 Yet will he be brought to the grave
    and will remain in the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley will be sweet unto him;
    and everyone will follow him,
    as countless have gone before.

34 “How then can you comfort me with emptiness,
    since deceit remains in your answers?”

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32 They are carried to the grave,
    and watch is kept over their tombs.(A)
33 The soil in the valley is sweet to them;(B)
    everyone follows after them,
    and a countless throng goes[a] before them.(C)

34 “So how can you console me(D) with your nonsense?
    Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:33 Or them, / as a countless throng went