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Job 21:25

And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Wickedness;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Wealth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Job, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 8;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yet another person dies with a bitter soul,having never tasted prosperity.
Hebrew Names Version
Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
King James Version
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
English Standard Version
Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity.
New Century Version
But another person dies with an unhappy heart, never enjoying any happiness.
Amplified Bible
Whereas another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.
New American Standard Bible
While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good.
World English Bible
Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
Legacy Standard Bible
But another dies with a bitter soul,Never even eats anything good.
Berean Standard Bible
Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
Contemporary English Version
while others die in poverty, having known only pain.
Complete Jewish Bible
Another dies with embittered heart, never having tasted happiness.
Darby Translation
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:
Easy-to-Read Version
But another person dies after a hard life that has made them bitter, never having enjoyed anything good.
George Lamsa Translation
And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having tasted prosperity.
Good News Translation
Others have no happiness at all; they live and die with bitter hearts.
Lexham English Bible
Yet another dies with a bitter inner self and has not tasted prosperity.
Literal Translation
And another dies with bitter soul, and never eats with pleasure;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse, and neuer had good daies.
American Standard Version
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
Bible in Basic English
And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.
King James Version (1611)
And another dieth in the bitternesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Another dyeth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And another dies in bitterness of soul, not eating any good thing.
English Revised Version
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and never tasteth of good.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli anothir wickid man dieth in the bittirnesse of his soule, and with outen ony richessis.
Update Bible Version
And another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
Webster's Bible Translation
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
New King James Version
Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure.
New Living Translation
Another person dies in bitter poverty, never having tasted the good life.
New Life Bible
Another dies with bitter feelings in his soul, never having enjoyed anything good.
New Revised Standard
Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of good.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whereas, this other man, dieth, in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted good fortune:
Douay-Rheims Bible
But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
Revised Standard Version
Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of good.
Young's Literal Translation
And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good.

Contextual Overview

17 "How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger? 18 How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind? 19 You may say, ‘God stores up a man's punishment for his children!' Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may know it! 20 Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty. 21 For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off? 22 Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high? 23 "One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous, 24 his body well nourished, and the marrow of his bones moist. 25 And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good. 26 Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.

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

Genesis 13:7
So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)
Genesis 21:15
When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs.
Genesis 21:17
But God heard the boy's voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid, for God has heard the boy's voice right where he is crying.
Genesis 21:22
At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do.
Genesis 29:8
"We can't," they said, "until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep."
Judges 1:15
She answered, "Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water." So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.
Proverbs 25:9
When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,
Proverbs 27:5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Matthew 18:15
"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

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.


 
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