Job 21:25 · KJV
“And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.”
— Job 21:25
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. {breasts: or, milk pails}
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Job 21 — Context
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. {his...: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection}
24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. {breasts: or, milk pails}
25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices {which} ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 4:16-17
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
Job 7:11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. {his own...: Heb. the bitterness of his soul}
Isaiah 38:15-17
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done {it}: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
2 Samuel 17:8
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they {be} mighty men, and they {be} chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father {is} a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. {chafed...: Heb. bitter of soul}
Job 9:18
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Ezekiel 12:18
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
Ecclesiastes 6:2
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this {is} vanity, and it {is} an evil disease.