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Contemporary English Version

Job 21:25

while others die in poverty, having known only pain.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Wickedness;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Wealth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Job, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 8;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yet another person dies with a bitter soul,having never tasted prosperity.
Hebrew Names Version
Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
King James Version
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
English Standard Version
Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity.
New Century Version
But another person dies with an unhappy heart, never enjoying any happiness.
New English Translation
And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.
Amplified Bible
Whereas another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.
New American Standard Bible
While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good.
World English Bible
Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
Legacy Standard Bible
But another dies with a bitter soul,Never even eats anything good.
Berean Standard Bible
Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
Complete Jewish Bible
Another dies with embittered heart, never having tasted happiness.
Darby Translation
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:
Easy-to-Read Version
But another person dies after a hard life that has made them bitter, never having enjoyed anything good.
George Lamsa Translation
And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having tasted prosperity.
Good News Translation
Others have no happiness at all; they live and die with bitter hearts.
Lexham English Bible
Yet another dies with a bitter inner self and has not tasted prosperity.
Literal Translation
And another dies with bitter soul, and never eats with pleasure;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse, and neuer had good daies.
American Standard Version
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
Bible in Basic English
And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.
King James Version (1611)
And another dieth in the bitternesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Another dyeth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And another dies in bitterness of soul, not eating any good thing.
English Revised Version
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and never tasteth of good.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli anothir wickid man dieth in the bittirnesse of his soule, and with outen ony richessis.
Update Bible Version
And another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
Webster's Bible Translation
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
New King James Version
Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure.
New Living Translation
Another person dies in bitter poverty, never having tasted the good life.
New Life Bible
Another dies with bitter feelings in his soul, never having enjoyed anything good.
New Revised Standard
Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of good.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whereas, this other man, dieth, in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted good fortune:
Douay-Rheims Bible
But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
Revised Standard Version
Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of good.
Young's Literal Translation
And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good.

Contextual Overview

17 How often does God become angry and send disaster and darkness to punish sinners? 18 How often does he strike them like a windstorm that scatters straw? 19 You say, "God will punish those sinners' children in place of those sinners." But I say, "Let him punish those sinners themselves until they really feel it. 20 Let God All-Powerful force them to drink their own destruction from the cup of his anger. 21 Because after they are dead, they won't care what happens to their children." 22 Who can tell God what to do? He judges powerful rulers. 23 Some of us die prosperous, 24 enjoying good health, 25 while others die in poverty, having known only pain. 26 But we all end up dead, beneath a blanket of worms.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the bitterness: Job 3:20, Job 7:11, Job 9:18, Job 10:1, 2 Samuel 17:8, *marg. Proverbs 14:10, Isaiah 38:15-17

never: Job 20:23, 1 Kings 17:12, Ecclesiastes 6:2, Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 4:17, Ezekiel 12:18

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 5:17 - he eateth

Cross-References

Genesis 21:15
and after they had run out of water, Hagar put her son under a bush.
Genesis 21:17
When God heard the boy crying, the angel of God called out to Hagar from heaven and said, "Hagar, why are you worried? Don't be afraid. I have heard your son crying.
Genesis 21:22
About this time Abimelech and his army commander Phicol said to Abraham, "God blesses everything you do!
Genesis 29:8
But they replied, "We can't do that until they all get here, and the rock has been rolled away from the well."
Judges 1:15
She answered, "I need your help. The land you gave me is in the Southern Desert, so please give me some spring-fed ponds for a water supply." Caleb gave her a couple of small ponds named Higher Pond and Lower Pond.
Proverbs 17:10
A sensible person accepts correction, but you can't beat sense into a fool.
Proverbs 25:9
When you and someone else can't get along, don't gossip about it.
Proverbs 27:5
A truly good friend will openly correct you.
Matthew 18:15
If one of my followers sins against you, go and point out what was wrong. But do it in private, just between the two of you. If that person listens, you have won back a follower.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul,.... Either another wicked man; for there is a difference among wicked men; some are outwardly happy in life, and in the circumstances of their death, as before described; and others are very unhappy in both; their life is a scene of afflictions which embitter life, and make death eligible; and in the midst of which they die, as well as oftentimes in bitter pains, and terrible agonies of body, as well as in great distress and horror of mind, and black despair, as Judas and others:

and never eateth with pleasure, or "of any good", or "any good thing" y; either he has it not to eat, or what he has is not good, but like husks which swine eat, of which the prodigal would fain have filled his belly, when in extreme poverty, such as those words may describe; or else having what is good, has not an heart to eat of it; and so they describe a miser, living and dying such; see Ecclesiastes 6:2; or rather the case of a man, who, through distempers and diseases of body, has lost his appetite, and cannot with any pleasure taste of the richest dainties; see Job 33:20. Some z interpret this verse and

Job 21:23 as what should be the case according to the sentiments of Job's friends, who objected, that God punished the iniquities of wicked men, not in their own persons, but in their children; according to which, a wicked man then should die in the perfection of happiness, without weakness or want, in all quietness, ease, peace, and prosperity; and not in poverty and distress: but as Job 21:23 respect a wicked man, and his case and circumstances at death, agreeably to the whole context; so this relates to those of a good man, whom the Lord often deals bitterly with in life, as he did with Naomi, and was now the case of Job; see Ruth 1:20; and who die in very poor and distressed circumstances; so that nothing is to be concluded from such appearances, with respect to the characters of men, as good or bad, and especially since both are brought into a like condition by death, as follows.

y טובה "bonum", Pagninus, Mercerus; so Junius Tremellius, Piscator & Bar Tzemach "de bono", Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens. z Bar Tzemach.


 
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