Job 21:25
Another man dies in bitterness of soul, 1 one who has never experienced anything good. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
In Context
24His body is full of milk, 1 and the marrow of his bones is moist. 1
26They lie down alike in the dust; 1 the worms cover them both. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8Hushai added, “You know your father and his men are strong warriors, and that they are bitter, and they are like a bear robbed of her cubs in a field. Your father is a man of war; he will not sleep with the army tonight.
Job 3:20Why is light given to him who is in misery? 1 Why is life given to the one who is bitter in soul, 1
Job 9:18He does not allow me to regain my breath; 1 but he fills me with bitterness. 1
Job 20:23When he is about to fill his stomach, God will throw the fierceness of his wrath on him; 1 God will rain it down on him while he is eating. 1
Ecclesiastes 6:2God might give riches, wealth, and honor to a man so that he lacks nothing that he desires for himself, but then God gives him no ability to enjoy it. Instead, someone else uses his things. This is vapor, an evil affliction.
Ezekiel 4:16He also said to me, “Son of man! Behold! I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread while rationing it in anxiety and drink water while rationing it in trembling.
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 →