Job 24:24
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
They are exalted
ר֤וֹמּוּ (rō·wm·mū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7426: To be exalted

for a moment,
מְּעַ֨ט ׀ (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

then they are gone;
וְֽאֵינֶ֗נּוּ (wə·’ê·nen·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

they are brought low
וְֽהֻמְּכ֗וּ (wə·hum·mə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4355: To be low or humiliated

and gathered up
יִקָּפְצ֑וּן (yiq·qā·p̄ə·ṣūn)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 7092: To draw together, close, to leap, to die

like all others;
כַּכֹּ֥ל (kak·kōl)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

they are cut off
יִמָּֽלוּ׃ (yim·mā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5243: Branch to be cut down off, circumcise

like heads
וּכְרֹ֖אשׁ (ū·ḵə·rōš)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

of grain.
שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת (šib·bō·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7641: A stream, an ear of grain, a branch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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