Job 21:25
And another man dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
In Context
24His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
26They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8Hushai said moreover, Thou know thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Job 3:20Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
Job 9:18He will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating.
Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ezekiel 4:16Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness, and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay,
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 →