Job 21:13

in wealth i. e. weal, prosperity. The word has not here its modern meaning of riches, but its older, more general sense: "in all time of our tribulation, in all time of our wealth … good Lord deliver us." The Litany.

to the grave Heb., to Sheol. They die in a moment without pain there are no bands in their death, Psalms 73:4. This idyllic picture of a joyous untroubled life, rich in possessions and filled with all that gives a charm to existence, and having a peaceful close, forms the counterpart to the picture drawn by the friends of the troubled conscience, Job 15:20, the early death, Job 20:11, the childless solitariness, Job 18:19, and the disastrous end, Job 20:24, of the wicked man.