Job 21:25
Whereas, this other man, dieth, in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted good fortune:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
In Context
24His veins, are filled with nourishment, and, the marrow of his bones, is fresh;
26Together, in the dust, they lie down, and, the worm, spreadeth a covering over them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8And Hushai said—Thou, knowest thy father and his men—that, men of might, they are, and, embittered in soul, they are, like a bear bereaved of her young, in the field,—thy father also, is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Job 3:20Wherefore give, to the wretched, light? Or, life, to the embittered in soul?—
Job 9:18He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.
Job 20:23It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain [it] upon him for his punishment.
Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God giveth riches and gains and honour, so that nothing doth he lack for his soul—of all that he craveth, and yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but, a man unknown, eateth it,—this, was vanity, and, an incurable evil, it was.
Ezekiel 4:16And he said unto me, Son of man Behold me! breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, So shall they eat bread by weight and with anxious care, And water by measure, and in astonishment, shall they drink:
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 →