Job 21:23
New International Version
One person dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease,

New Living Translation
One person dies in prosperity, completely comfortable and secure,

English Standard Version
One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure,

Berean Standard Bible
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

King James Bible
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

New King James Version
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;

New American Standard Bible
“One dies in his full strength, Being wholly undisturbed and at ease;

NASB 1995
“One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied;

NASB 1977
“One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied;

Legacy Standard Bible
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly carefree and at ease;

Amplified Bible
“One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;

Christian Standard Bible
One person dies in excellent health, completely secure and at ease.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One person dies in excellent health, completely secure and at ease.

American Standard Version
One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For if this one should die in the strength of full age, he is trusting and quiet

Brenton Septuagint Translation
One shall die in his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous;

Contemporary English Version
Some of us die prosperous,

Douay-Rheims Bible
One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.

English Revised Version
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One person dies in his prime and feels altogether happy and contented.

International Standard Version
Such persons will die in their full vigor, completely prosperous and secure.

JPS Tanakh 1917
One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet;

Literal Standard Version
This [one] dies in his perfect strength, | Wholly at ease and quiet.

Majority Standard Bible
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

New American Bible
One dies in his full vigor, wholly at ease and content;

NET Bible
"One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous,

New Revised Standard Version
One dies in full prosperity, being wholly at ease and secure,

New Heart English Bible
One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

Webster's Bible Translation
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

World English Bible
One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

Young's Literal Translation
This one dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.

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Context
Job: God will Punish the Wicked
22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high? 23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease. 24His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.…

Cross References
Job 3:13
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

Job 20:11
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

Job 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.


Treasury of Scripture

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

in his full strength.

Job 20:22,23
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him…

Psalm 49:17
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

Psalm 73:4,5
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm…

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Job 21
1. Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved
7. Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God
16. Sometimes their destruction is manifest
21. The happy and unhappy are alike in death
27. The judgment of the wicked is in another world














(23) One dieth.--Job enlarges on the inequality of human fate, showing that death is the only equaliser.

Verse 23. - One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. Some continue healthy and vigorous in body, peaceful and satisfied in mind, up to the very moment of their departure (comp. ver. 13, "They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave").

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
One man
זֶ֗ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

dies
יָ֭מוּת (yā·mūṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

full of vigor,
בְּעֶ֣צֶם (bə·‘e·ṣem)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

completely
כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹ (kul·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

secure
שַׁלְאֲנַ֥ן (šal·’ă·nan)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7946: Being at ease

and at ease.
וְשָׁלֵֽיו׃ (wə·šā·lêw)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7961: Tranquil, careless, security


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