Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
Cross References
Job 21:24His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
Job 21:26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
Treasury of Scripture
And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, and never eats with pleasure.
in the bitterness
Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
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.
Job 9:18
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
never
Job 20:23
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.
1 Kings 17:12
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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.
