Job 21:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

Job 21:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 20:22-23
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. …
Luke 12:19-21
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. …
Psalms 49:17
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
Psalms 73:4-5
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. …

Topics

Dead (people)Death Dying Life Man Sleep Wicked (people)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-26)

Job had largely described the prosperity of wicked people; now, in these verses, I. He opposes this to what his friends had maintained concerning their certain ruin in this life. “Tell me how often do you see the candle of the wicked put out? Do you not as often see it burnt down to the socket, until it goes out of itself? Job 21:17. How often do you see their destruction come upon them, or God di…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

23. Literally, “in the bone of his perfection,” that is, the full strength of unimpaired prosperity [Umbreit].