Job 21:23
One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
In Context
22Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?
24His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
Cross References
Psalms 49:17For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:18-27
Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,… Read the whole commentary →