Job 21 · Verse 23

Job 21:23

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Job 21:23, King James Version

Job 21:23 in other translations

BSBOne man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
WEBOne dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
ASVOne dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
YLTThis one dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
DARBYOne dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
BBEOne comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:
WebsterOne dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

What does Job 21:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. Literally, "in the bone of his perfection," that is, the full strength of unimpaired prosperity [Umbreit].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 One 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 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…

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Job 21:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

זֶ֗הZehthis [one]H2088
יָ֭מוּתYa.muthe will dieH4191
בְּעֶ֣צֶםbe.'E.tzemwith limb[s] ofH6106
תֻּמּ֑וֹtu.Mocompleteness hisH8537
כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹku.Loall of himH3605
שַׁלְאֲנַ֥ןshal.'a.Nan[is] at easeH7946
וְשָׁלֵֽיו\׃ve.sha.Leivand at easeH7961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 21:23

  • Psalms 49:17

    For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after 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. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Job 20:22-23

    In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

  • Psalms 73:4-5

    For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in his full strength. Heb. in his very perfection. or, thestrength of his perfection.
20:22,23; Ps 49:17; 73:4,5; Lu 12:19-21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 21:22

    Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

  • Job 21:23

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

  • Job 21:24

    His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

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Job 21:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Este morirá en el vigor de su hermosura, todo quieto y pacífico.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’un meurt en pleine vigueur, entièrement tranquille et à l’aise;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dieser stirbt in seiner Vollkraft, ganz wohlgemut und sorglos.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Iste moritur robustus et sanus, dives et felix: