Job 21:26

"Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good."

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that some individuals experience a life filled with profound sorrow and never find comfort or joy, even as they face their mortality. It highlights the stark contrast between such a bitter existence and the potential for experiencing God's blessings and goodness.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

They shall lie down alike in the dust -The emphasis here is on the word “alike” -יחדyachad. The idea is, that they should die “in a similar manner.” There would be no such difference in the mode of their death as to determine anything about their character or to show that one was the friend of God, and that the other was not. The friends of Job had maintained, that that could be certainly known by the divine dealings with people, either in their life, or in their death. Job combats this opinion, and says, that there is no such marked distinction in their life, nor is there any certain indication of their character in their death.

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