God’s Word Translation
Job 21:24
24His stomach is full of milk, and his bones are strong and healthy.
Job 21:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
- New International Version (NIV)well nourished in body, bones rich with marrow.
- English Standard Version (ESV)his pails full of milk and the marrow of his bones moist.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist.
Context of Job 21:24
22“Can anyone teach God knowledge? Can anyone judge the Most High? 23One person dies in his prime and feels altogether happy and contented. His stomach is full of milk, and his bones are strong and healthy. 25Another person, never having tasted happiness, dies with a bitter soul. 26Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them.
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עֲ֭טִינָיו מָלְא֣וּ חָלָ֑ב וּמֹ֖חַ עַצְמוֹתָ֣יו יְשֻׁקֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 21:24
Commentaries on Job 21:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24His breasts are full of milk - The word עטיניו atinaiv, which occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible, is most likely an Arabic term, but probably so provincial as to be now lost. (Arabic) atana signifies to macerate hides so as to take off the hair: hence Mr. Good thinks it means here, that sleekness of skin which is the effect of fatness both in man and beast. But as the radical idea signifies to stink, as leather does which is thus macerated, I cannot…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24His breasts - Margin, “milk pails.” The marginal translation is much the most correct, and it is difficult to understand why so improbable a statement has been introduced into our common version. But there has been great variety in the translation. The Vulgate renders it, Viscera ejus plena sunt adipe - “his viscera are full of fat.” So the Septuagint, ̀ ̓́ ̓͂ ́ ́ ta engkata autou plērē steatos The Syraic, “his sides;” Prof. Lee, “his bottles;” Noyes…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-26Verses 17-26 Job had described the prosperity of wicked people; in these verses he opposes this to what his friends had maintained about their certain ruin in this life. He reconciles this to the holiness and justice of God. Even while they prosper thus, they are light and worthless, of no account with God, or with wise men. In the height of their pomp and power, there is but a step between them and ruin. Job refers the difference Providence makes between…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24his bones are rich with marrow: People once believed bones were the source of health.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. breasts--rather, "skins," or "vessels" for fluids [Lee]. But [Umbreit] "stations or resting-places of his herds near water"; in opposition to Zophar (Job 20:17); the first clause refers to his abundant substance, the second to his vigorous health. moistened--comparing man's body to a well-watered field (Pr 3:8; Is 58:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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