Job 21:25
In truth, another dies in bitterness of soul, without any resources.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
In Context
24His gut is full of fat and his bones are moistened with marrow.
26And yet they will sleep together in the dust, and worms will cover them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8And again Hushai declared, “You know your father, and the men who are with him, to be very strong and bitter in soul, comparable to a bear raging in the forest when her young have been taken away. Moreover, your father is a man of war, and so he will not live among the people.
Job 3:20Why is light given to the miserable, and life to those who are in bitterness of soul,
Job 9:18He does not permit my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.
Job 20:23May his stomach be filled, so that God may send forth the fury of his wrath to him and may rain down his battle upon him.
Ecclesiastes 6:2It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, and honor; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the ability to consume these things, but instead a man who is a stranger will devour them. This is emptiness and a great misfortune.
Ezekiel 4:16And he said to me: “Son of man, behold: I will crush the staff of bread in Jerusalem. And they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety. And they will drink water by measure and with anguish.
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 →