New Living Translation
Job 21:23
23One person dies in prosperity, completely comfortable and secure,
Job 21:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
- New International Version (NIV)One person dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease,
- English Standard Version (ESV)One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure,
- New King James Version (NKJV)One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;
Context of Job 21:23
21For they will not care what happens to their family after they are dead. 22“But who can teach a lesson to God, since he judges even the most powerful? One person dies in prosperity, completely comfortable and secure, 24the picture of good health, vigorous and fit. 25Another person dies in bitter poverty, never having tasted the good life.
Read all of Job 21Job 21:23 word by word
זֶ֗ה יָ֭מוּת בְּעֶ֣צֶם תֻּמּ֑וֹ כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹ שַׁלְאֲנַ֥ן וְשָׁלֵֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 21:23
- Job 20:22“In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble and be overcome by misery.
- Psalms 49:17For when they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.
- Psalms 73:4They seem to live such painless lives; their bodies are so healthy and strong.
- Luke 12:19And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
Commentaries on Job 21:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23One dieth in his full strength - In this and the three following verses Job shows that the inequality of fortune, goods, health, strength, etc., decides nothing either for or against persons in reference to the approbation or disapprobation of God, as these various lots are no indications of their wickedness or innocence. One has a sudden, another a lingering death; but by none of these can their eternal states be determined.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23One dieth in his full strength - Margin, “very perfection,” or, “in the strength of his perfection.” The meaning is, that he dies in the very prime and vigor of life, surrounded with everything that can contribute to comfort. Of the truth of this position, no one can doubt; and the wonder is, that the friends of Job had not seen or admitted it. Being wholly at ease and quiet - That is, having everything to make them happy, so far as external circumstances…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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. Literally, "in the bone of his perfection," that is, the full strength of unimpaired prosperity [Umbreit].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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