Job 21:25
While this other dieth with an embittered soul, and hath never partaken of any happiness;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
In Context
24His vessels being full of healthy fluid, and the marrow of his bones being well moistened:
26[And yet] together they must lie down in the dust, and the worms will cover them?
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8And Chushai said, Thou well knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are of an embittered spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is also a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Job 3:20Wherefore giveth He now light to the labor-laden, and life unto the bitter in soul?
Job 9:18He suffereth me not to recover my breath; but feedeth me overmuch with bitter things.
Job 20:23In order to fill his belly, [God] will send out against him the fury of his wrath, and will rain it upon him for his eating.
Ecclesiastes 6:2[There is many] a man to whom God hath given riches, property, and honor, and nothing is wanting for his soul of all that he longeth for: yet God empowereth him not to eat thereof, but a stranger will consume it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ezekiel 4:16And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxious care; and they shall drink water by measure, and in confusion;
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 →