the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Job 21:23
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One person dies in excellent health,completely secure and at ease.
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure,
One person dies while he still has all his strength, feeling completely safe and comfortable.
"One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous,
"One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
"One dies in his full strength, Being wholly undisturbed and at ease;
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet.
One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie.
One dies in his full strength,Being wholly carefree and at ease;
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
Some of us die prosperous,
One person dies in his full strength, completely at ease and content;
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
One person dies after living a full and successful life, a life completely safe and comfortable,
One dies in his full strength, sound of body, being wholly confident, and at ease.
Some people stay healthy till the day they die; they die happy and at ease, their bodies well-nourished. <
This one dies in full prosperity, completely at ease and secure.
One dies in his full strength, wholly secure and at ease;
One dyeth now when he is mightie & at his best, rich and in prosperite:
One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie,
One shall die in his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous;
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet:
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;
One person dies in prosperity, completely comfortable and secure,
One man dies while still very strong, having everything he needs and time to enjoy it.
One dies in full prosperity, being wholly at ease and secure,
This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure;
One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
One dies in full prosperity, being wholly at ease and secure,
This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
"One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied;
Contextual Overview
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
Therfore Abymelech took scheep, and oxun, and seruauntis, and handmaydenes, and yaf to Abraham; and he yeldide to him Sare, `his wijf, and seide, The lond is bifor you;
and dwellide in the deseert of Faran; and his modir took to him a wijf of the lond of Egipt.
In the same tyme Abymelech, and Ficol, prince of his oost, seide to Abraham, God is with thee in alle thingis whiche thou doist;
therfore swere thou bi God that thou noye not me, and myn eiris, and my kynrede; but bi the mersi whych Y dide to thee, do thou to me, and to the lond in which thou lyuedist a comelyng.
that Y coniure thee bi the Lord God of heuene and of erthe, that thou take not a wijf to my sone of the douytris of Chanaan, among whiche Y dwelle;
Whiche answeriden, We seiyen that God is with thee, and therfor we seiden now, An ooth be bitwixe vs, and make we a couenaunt of pees,
Therfor come thou, and make we boond of pees, that it be witnessyng bitwixe me, and thee.
God of Abraham, and God of Nachor, God of the fadir of hem, deme bitwixe vs. Therfor Jacob swoor by the drede of his fadir Ysaac;
be war diligentli, lest thou foryete the Lord, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hows of seruage. Thou schalt drede thi Lord God, and thou schalt serue hym aloone, `bi seruyce due to God onely, and thou schalt swere bi his name.
Now therfor swere ye to me bi the Lord God, that as Y dide merci with you, so and ye do with the hows of my fadir; and yyue ye to me a veri signe,
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.
