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Job 21:25
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Yet another person dies with a bitter soul,having never tasted prosperity.
Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity.
But another person dies with an unhappy heart, never enjoying any happiness.
And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.
Whereas another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.
While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good.
Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
But another dies with a bitter soul,Never even eats anything good.
Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
while others die in poverty, having known only pain.
Another dies with embittered heart, never having tasted happiness.
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:
But another person dies after a hard life that has made them bitter, never having enjoyed anything good.
And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having tasted prosperity.
Others have no happiness at all; they live and die with bitter hearts.
Yet another dies with a bitter inner self and has not tasted prosperity.
And another dies with bitter soul, and never eats with pleasure;
Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse, and neuer had good daies.
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.
And another dieth in the bitternesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
Another dyeth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
And another dies in bitterness of soul, not eating any good thing.
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and never tasteth of good.
Sotheli anothir wickid man dieth in the bittirnesse of his soule, and with outen ony richessis.
And another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure.
Another person dies in bitter poverty, never having tasted the good life.
Another dies with bitter feelings in his soul, never having enjoyed anything good.
Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of good.
Whereas, this other man, dieth, in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted good fortune:
But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of good.
And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
in the bitterness: Job 3:20, Job 7:11, Job 9:18, Job 10:1, 2 Samuel 17:8, *marg. Proverbs 14:10, Isaiah 38:15-17
never: Job 20:23, 1 Kings 17:12, Ecclesiastes 6:2, Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 4:17, Ezekiel 12:18
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 5:17 - he eateth
Cross-References
Meanwhile, God heard the boy crying. The angel of God called from Heaven to Hagar, "What's wrong, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy and knows the fix he's in. Up now; go get the boy. Hold him tight. I'm going to make of him a great nation."
At about that same time, Abimelech and the captain of his troops, Phicol, spoke to Abraham: "No matter what you do, God is on your side. So swear to me that you won't do anything underhanded to me or any of my family. For as long as you live here, swear that you'll treat me and my land as well as I've treated you."
"We can't," they said. "Not until all the shepherds get here. It takes all of us to roll the stone from the well. Not until then can we water the flocks."
A quiet rebuke to a person of good sense does more than a whack on the head of a fool.
In the heat of an argument, don't betray confidences; Word is sure to get around, and no one will trust you.
A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed.
"If a fellow believer hurts you, go and tell him—work it out between the two of you. If he listens, you've made a friend. If he won't listen, take one or two others along so that the presence of witnesses will keep things honest, and try again. If he still won't listen, tell the church. If he won't listen to the church, you'll have to start over from scratch, confront him with the need for repentance, and offer again God's forgiving love.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul,.... Either another wicked man; for there is a difference among wicked men; some are outwardly happy in life, and in the circumstances of their death, as before described; and others are very unhappy in both; their life is a scene of afflictions which embitter life, and make death eligible; and in the midst of which they die, as well as oftentimes in bitter pains, and terrible agonies of body, as well as in great distress and horror of mind, and black despair, as Judas and others:
and never eateth with pleasure, or "of any good", or "any good thing" y; either he has it not to eat, or what he has is not good, but like husks which swine eat, of which the prodigal would fain have filled his belly, when in extreme poverty, such as those words may describe; or else having what is good, has not an heart to eat of it; and so they describe a miser, living and dying such; see Ecclesiastes 6:2; or rather the case of a man, who, through distempers and diseases of body, has lost his appetite, and cannot with any pleasure taste of the richest dainties; see Job 33:20. Some z interpret this verse and
Job 21:23 as what should be the case according to the sentiments of Job's friends, who objected, that God punished the iniquities of wicked men, not in their own persons, but in their children; according to which, a wicked man then should die in the perfection of happiness, without weakness or want, in all quietness, ease, peace, and prosperity; and not in poverty and distress: but as Job 21:23 respect a wicked man, and his case and circumstances at death, agreeably to the whole context; so this relates to those of a good man, whom the Lord often deals bitterly with in life, as he did with Naomi, and was now the case of Job; see Ruth 1:20; and who die in very poor and distressed circumstances; so that nothing is to be concluded from such appearances, with respect to the characters of men, as good or bad, and especially since both are brought into a like condition by death, as follows.
y טובה "bonum", Pagninus, Mercerus; so Junius Tremellius, Piscator & Bar Tzemach "de bono", Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens. z Bar Tzemach.
