22 Can anyone teach God knowledge,(A)
since He judges the exalted ones?[a]
23 One person dies in excellent health,[b]
completely secure[c] and at ease.
24 His body is[d] well fed,[e]
and his bones are full of marrow.[f]
25 Yet another person dies with a bitter(B) soul,
having never tasted prosperity.
26 But they both lie in the dust,
and worms cover them.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:22 Probably angels
  2. Job 21:23 Lit in bone of his perfection
  3. Job 21:23 Text emended; MT reads health, all at ease
  4. Job 21:24 Or His sides are; Hb obscure
  5. Job 21:24 Lit is full of milk
  6. Job 21:24 Lit and the marrow of his bones is watered

Death Levels Everyone

22 “Can God learn anything?
    After all, he will judge even the exalted ones.
23 Such persons will die in their full vigor,
    completely prosperous and secure.
24 His buckets are filled with milk,
    his bone marrow is healthy.[a]
25 Others die with a bitter soul,
    never having tasted the good life.[b]
26 They both lie down in the dust;
    and worms[c] cover them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:24 Lit. moist
  2. Job 21:25 The Heb. lacks life
  3. Job 21:26 Lit. and a worm