Verse Comparison: Job 4:21
American Standard Version
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
Amplified® Bible
Is not their tent cord plucked up within them [so that the tent falls]? Do they not die, and that without [acquiring] wisdom?
Contemporary English Version
Your tent pegs are pulled up, and you leave this life, having gained no wisdom."
Darby English Version
Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.
Good News Bible
All that we have is taken away; we die, still lacking wisdom."
King James Version
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
New American Standard Bible
`Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.'
New International Version
Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,
so that they die without wisdom?'
New King James Version
Does not their own excellence go away?
They die, even without wisdom.'
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
' Have not people plucked up their tent-cord up within them?
Revised Standard Version
If their tent-cord is plucked up within them,
do they not die, and that without wisdom?'
Young's Literal Translation
Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!