Job 21:23

One dieth. — Job enlarges on the inequality of human fate, showing that death is the only equaliser.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One dieth in his full strength - Margin, “very perfection,” or, “in the strength of his perfection.” The meaning is, that he dies in the very pri...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

One (m) dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. (m) Meaning, the wicked.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 21. Job's Reply. Zophar was graphic and vigorous, but had nothing to say. Nevertheless his speech suggests to Job his next argument. The facts...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. One dieth in his full strength - In this and the three following verses Job shows tha...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lo, their good is not in their hand— After the foregoing elegant description of the prosperity of some wicked men, Job proceeds, on the other hand,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. Literally, in the bone х `etsem ( H6106 )] of his perfection - i:e., the f...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Sixth Speech Zophar, like the other friends, had insisted on the certain retribution for sin which befalls the wicked in this life. Now at l...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XVIII. ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? Job 21:1-34 Job SPEAKS WITH less of personal distress and a more collected mind than before Job begins...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Shall Any Teach God?” Job 21:1-34 After a brief introduction, in which he claims the right to reply, Job 21:1-6 , Job brings forward a new ar...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here, as in the first cycle, Job answered not merely Zophar, but the whole argument. First of all, he set over against their statement and illustrati...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. (15) What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

One dieth in his full strength ,.... Man is born a weak feeble creature, and it is by degrees, and through various stages of infancy, childhood, and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. Ver. 23. One dieth in his full strength ] Iste moritur, There is one dieth in hi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

One dieth in his full strength In a state of perfect health, and strength, and prosperity; all which this phrase implies. His breasts are full of...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB SILENCES ZOPHAR (vv.1-34). The callous cruelty of Zophar's speech would surely cause some men to be bitterly angry, but while Job was incens...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

One, to wit, either, 1. One of these wicked men, of whose condition he is here speaking. Or, 2. Any one man, whether good or bad. In his full s...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH The ungodly, instead of experiencing the miseries indicated by Zophar, often, perhaps generally, enjoy con...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 21:2 . Consolations. נחם nicham, though mostly translated consolation, comfort &c., as in Isaiah 40:1 ; is in several places understood...
The Biblical Illustrator

But Job answered and said. Job’s third answer There is more logic and less passion in this address than in any of Job’s preceding speeches. He...
The Biblical Illustrator

One dieth in his full strength. .. Another dieth in the bitterness of his soul. Providence vindicated against the superficial observer That whi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 21:1-18 Job answers Zophar, as he had answered Bildad, in a single not very lengthy chapter. After a few caustic introductor...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Points out the Difference in Calamities Befalling Men
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

One dieth in his full strength, in the full possession of the highest prosperity, being wholly at ease and quiet, lacking nothing in human happines...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 20:22 ; Job 20:23 ; Luke 12:19-21 ; Psalms 49:17 ; Psalms 73:4 ; Psalms 73:5

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

Related Commentaries of Job 21:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 21:23