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New Living Translation

Job 21:23

One person dies in prosperity, completely comfortable and secure,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Death of the Wicked, the;  

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 - Body of Heaven;   Job, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Peace-Offering;  

Devotionals:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
One person dies in excellent health,completely secure and at ease.
Hebrew Names Version
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet.
King James Version
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
English Standard Version
One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure,
New Century Version
One person dies while he still has all his strength, feeling completely safe and comfortable.
New English Translation
"One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous,
Amplified Bible
"One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
New American Standard Bible
"One dies in his full strength, Being wholly undisturbed and at ease;
World English Bible
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet.
Geneva Bible (1587)
One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie.
Legacy Standard Bible
One dies in his full strength,Being wholly carefree and at ease;
Berean Standard Bible
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
Contemporary English Version
Some of us die prosperous,
Complete Jewish Bible
One person dies in his full strength, completely at ease and content;
Darby Translation
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
Easy-to-Read Version
One person dies after living a full and successful life, a life completely safe and comfortable,
George Lamsa Translation
One dies in his full strength, sound of body, being wholly confident, and at ease.
Good News Translation
Some people stay healthy till the day they die; they die happy and at ease, their bodies well-nourished. <
Lexham English Bible
This one dies in full prosperity, completely at ease and secure.
Literal Translation
One dies in his full strength, wholly secure and at ease;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
One dyeth now when he is mightie & at his best, rich and in prosperite:
American Standard Version
One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
Bible in Basic English
One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
King James Version (1611)
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
One shall die in his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous;
English Revised Version
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
This yuel man dieth strong and hool, riche and blesful, `that is, myrie.
Update Bible Version
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
Webster's Bible Translation
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
New King James Version
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;
New Life Bible
One man dies while still very strong, having everything he needs and time to enjoy it.
New Revised Standard
One dies in full prosperity, being wholly at ease and secure,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure;
Douay-Rheims Bible
One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
Revised Standard Version
One dies in full prosperity, being wholly at ease and secure,
Young's Literal Translation
This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied;

Contextual Overview

17 "Yet the light of the wicked never seems to be extinguished. Do they ever have trouble? Does God distribute sorrows to them in anger? 18 Are they driven before the wind like straw? Are they carried away by the storm like chaff? Not at all! 19 "‘Well,' you say, ‘at least God will punish their children!' But I say he should punish the ones who sin, so that they understand his judgment. 20 Let them see their destruction with their own eyes. Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty. 21 For they will not care what happens to their family after they are dead. 22 "But who can teach a lesson to God, since he judges even the most powerful? 23 One person dies in prosperity, completely comfortable and secure, 24 the picture of good health, vigorous and fit. 25 Another person dies in bitter poverty, never having tasted the good life. 26 But both are buried in the same dust, both eaten by the same maggots.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in his full strength: Heb. in his very perfection, or, the strength of his perfection, Job 20:22, Job 20:23, Psalms 49:17, Psalms 73:4, Psalms 73:5, Luke 12:19-21

Reciprocal: Job 24:19 - so doth Job 27:19 - shall lie Job 36:14 - They die Jeremiah 5:28 - waxen

Cross-References

Genesis 20:14
Then Abimelech took some of his sheep and goats, cattle, and male and female servants, and he presented them to Abraham. He also returned his wife, Sarah, to him.
Genesis 21:21
and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.
Genesis 21:22
About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. "God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do," Abimelech said.
Genesis 21:23
"Swear to me in God's name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner."
Genesis 24:3
Swear by the Lord , the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
Genesis 26:28
They replied, "We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let's make a covenant.
Genesis 31:44
So come, let's make a covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment."
Genesis 31:53
I call on the God of our ancestors—the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor—to serve as a judge between us." So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.
Deuteronomy 6:13
You must fear the Lord your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.
Joshua 2:12
"Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

One dieth in his full strength,.... Man is born a weak feeble creature, and it is by degrees, and through various stages of infancy, childhood, and youth, that he arrives to his full strength in manhood; and, when he does, sometimes so it is, that his strength is not weakened in the course of his life by a train of disorders and diseases, as it is in some; but death seizes and carries him off in the prime of his days, and in the fulness of his strength; for no strength of man, even the greatest, is a security against death: thousands die before they come to their full strength, and multitudes after it begins to decay; and when it is almost wasted, through the force of distempers, or the infirmities of old age, and others, as here, when their strength is in its highest rigour and utmost perfection, and all as God pleases: the words may be rendered "in the strength of his integrity", or "of his perfection" f; in the Targum and Ben Gersom, and so Mr. Broughton, "in his very perfection"; and the word is sometimes used, in a moral and spiritual sense, of the integrity of a man's heart, and the uprightness of his ways and walk, and of the perfection of his state God-ward; see Job 1:1; and such a man who is upright in heart and conversation, who is truly gracious, sincerely a good man, and perfect through the complete righteousness of Christ, he dies such, his integrity continues with him to the last; and his graces being brought to maturity, he comes to his grave like a shock of corn in its season, and is found in the perfect righteousness of his living Redeemer: but it seems best to take the words in a natural and literal sense, as before; or to interpret them of the fulness of outward felicity, which some men arrive unto, and die in the midst of, when they have got to the highest degree of honour and grandeur, and attained to the greatest degree of wealth and riches, it could well be supposed they would; and then, when in the perfection of it, have been taken away by death; both these senses may stand together: it follows,

being wholly at ease and quiet; in easy circumstances, having an affluence of all good things, and nothing to disturb them, nor are in trouble as others, or plagued as they be; having all that heart can wish, or more, and without any pains of body, at least any long and continued ones; while others are attended with them, days, and months, and years, before their death, Job 33:19; whereas these go down to the grave in a moment, feeling little or no pain, and are quiet and easy in their minds, thoughtless of a future state, and unconcerned how it will be with them in another world; having no sight nor sense of sin, of the evil nature and just demerit of it, feel not the weight and burden of it in their consciences; have no concern or grief of mind for sins of omission or commission, no godly sorrow for it, or repentance of it, nor any fears of wrath and ruin, hell and damnation; but as they are at ease from their youth, with respect to those things, so they live and so they die, secure, stupid, and senseless. Some interpret this of good men g; and it is not to be wondered at that a man that dies in his integrity, in the perfection of grace, holiness, and righteousness, should be at ease and quiet; who has an interest in the God of peace, whose peace is made by the blood of Christ, his Peacemaker, and who has a conscience peace arising from a comfortable view of the peace speaking blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of the Mediator; who knows his state is safe, being interested in everlasting love, in an unchangeable covenant in God, as his covenant God, in Jesus his living Redeemer; and knows where he is going, to heaven, to happiness and glory, to be with God, with Christ, with holy angels and glorified saints: but the former sense seems best, of a man dying in easy circumstances, without pain of booty, or distress of mind, whether we understand it of a good man or bad man, though the latter is rather meant.

f בעצם תמו "in fortitudine perfectionis suae", Pagninus; so Junius and Tremellius, Piscator; "in fortitudine integritatis suae", Montanus, Bolducius; so Drusius, Mercerus. g So Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One dieth in his full strength - Margin, “very perfection,” or, “in the strength of his perfection.” The meaning is, that he dies in the very prime and vigor of life, surrounded with everything that can contribute to comfort. Of the truth of this position, no one can doubt; and the wonder is, that the friends of Job had not seen or admitted it.

Being wholly at ease and quiet - That is, having everything to make them happy, so far as external circumstances are concerned. He is borne down by no calamities; he is overwhelmed by no sudden and heavy judgments. The phrase in this verse rendered “full strength” (תמו בעצם be‛etsem tômô), is literally, “in the bone of his perfection.” It means full prosperity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 21:23. One dieth in his full strength — In this and the three following verses Job shows that the inequality of fortune, goods, health, strength, c., decides nothing either for or against persons in reference to the approbation or disapprobation of God, as these various lots are no indications of their wickedness or innocence. One has a sudden, another a lingering death but by none of these can their eternal states be determined.


 
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