Job 21:25
But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
In Context
24His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
26And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the people.
Job 3:20Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
Job 9:18He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
Job 20:23May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.
Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.
Ezekiel 4:16And he said to me: Son of man: Behold, I will break in pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care: and they shall drink water by measure, and in distress.
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 →