Job 21:23 Parallel Translations

Job 20:11 "His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it lies down with him in the dust.

Job 21:13 "They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

21:23 One {m} dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
(m) Meaning, the wicked.

MHC:

21:17-26 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 one wicked man and another, into the wisdom of God. He is Judge of all the earth, and he will do right. So vast is the disproportion between time and eternity, that if hell be the lot of every sinner at last, it makes little difference if one goes singing thither, and another sighing. If one wicked man die in a palace, and another in a dungeon, the worm that dies not, and the fire that is not quenched, will be the same to them. Thus differences in this world are not worth perplexing ourselves about.

CONC:

Complete Completely Dies Dieth Ease Full Peace Perfect Prosperity Quiet Satisfied Secure Strength Vigor Well-being Wholly

Complete Completely Dies Dieth Ease End Full Peace Perfect Prosperity Quiet Satisfied Secure Strength Vigor Well-Being Wholly

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