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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.
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
Wherfor also strijf was maad bitwixe the keperis of flockis of Abram and of Loth. Forsothe Chananei and Feresei dwelliden in that lond in that tyme.
And whanne the watir in the botel was endid, sche castide awei the child vndur a tre that was there;
Forsothe the Lord herde the vois of the child, and the aungel of the Lord clepide Agar fro heuene, and seide, What doist thou, Agar? nyle thou drede, for God hath herd the vois of the child fro the place where ynne he is.
In the same tyme Abymelech, and Ficol, prince of his oost, seide to Abraham, God is with thee in alle thingis whiche thou doist;
Whiche answeriden, We moun not til alle scheep be gederid to gidere, and til we remouen the stoon fro the mouth of the pit to watir the flockis.
And sche answeride, Yiue thou blessyng to me, for thou hast youe a drye lond to me; yyue thou also a moyst lond with watris. And Caleph yaf to hir the moist lond aboue, and the moist lond bynethe.
A blamyng profitith more at a prudent man, than an hundryd woundis at a fool.
Trete thi cause with thi frend, and schewe thou not priuyte to a straunge man;
Betere is opyn repreuyng, than loue hid.
But if thi brother synneth ayens thee, go thou, and repreue hym, bitwixe thee and hym aloone; if he herith thee, thou hast wonnun thi 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.
