He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
Cross References
Job 7:8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Job 7:21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more."
Job 20:7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, 'Where is he?'
Treasury of Scripture
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.
shall lie
Job 14:13-15
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! …
Job 21:23-26,30
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet…
Job 30:23
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
gathered
Genesis 49:10
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Jeremiah 8:2
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
he openeth
Job 20:7-9
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? …
Psalm 58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Psalm 73:19,20
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors…
he is not
Job 8:22
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Job 14:10,12
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? …
Job 24:24
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.
