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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 21:24

Breasts] mg. 'milk-pails.'

And his bones, etc.] RV 'And the marrow of his bones is moistened': he is strengthened and refreshed.

27-34. Job says he knows that the friends' remarks are aimed at him. He is to take warning from the sure doom of the sinner. But experience does not justify their conclusions.

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See also Job 21:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 21:24. _HIS BREASTS ARE FULL OF MILK_] The word עטיניו _atinaiv_, which occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible, is most likely an _Arabic_ term, but probably so _provincial_ as to be now l...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HIS BREASTS - Margin, “milk pails.” The marginal translation is much the most correct, and it is difficult to understand why so improbable a statement has been introduced into our common version. But...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 21 JOB'S REPLY _ 1. Hear my solemn words--then mock on (Job 21:1)_ 2. His testimony concerning the experiences of the wicked (Job 21:7) 3. Your answers are nothing but falsehoods (Job 21:27...

  • 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 are quite the opposite of what Zophar has said: the w...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BREASTS. skin bottles....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _His breasts are full of milk_ Perhaps, HIS VESSELS are full of milk; but the meaning is uncertain, the word rendered "breasts" not occurring again. The word however has analogies in the cognate langu...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    By insisting on a doctrine of providence which did not correspond to God's providence as actually seen in facts, Job's friends were making themselves wiser than God and becoming His teachers Will any...

  • 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, to confess what was likewise apparent in the ways of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. The only equality is to be found in death. (Job 21:23-26) TEXT 21:23-26 23 ONE DIETH IN HIS FULL STRENGTH, Being wholly at ease and quiet: 24 His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _HIS BREASTS ARE FULL OF MILK, AND HIS BONES ARE MOISTENED WITH MARROW._ Breasts - rather, skins or vessels for fluids (Lee). But Umbreit has 'stations or resting-places of his herds near water:' in...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    21:24 fat, (e-6) Or 'his vessels are full of milk.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    This is like Job’s earlier words in Job 3:13-19. Job described well the death of the body. But he did not describe what happened to the men’s spirits. See Luke 16:19-26. THE REPORTS OF TRAVELLERS...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 21 JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HIS BREASTS. — This is an uncertain word, occurring only here. Some understand it literally of _milk-pails,_ others of the lacteals of the human body, which certainly suits the parallelism better....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֲ֭טִינָיו מָלְא֣וּ חָלָ֑ב וּ מֹ֖חַ עַצְמֹותָ֣יו...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XVIII. ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? Job 21:1 Job SPEAKS WITH less of personal distress and a more collected mind than before Job begins a reply to Zophar. His brave hope of vindication has forti...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • 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 illustrations the fact patent to all that often the wicked ar...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Bowels. Protestants, "breasts" (Marginal note, "milk-pails") are full of milk. But the Septuagint, Bochart, &c., agree with the Vulgate. Job describes a corpulent man (Calmet) living in luxury, like...

  • 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? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HIS BREASTS ARE FULL OF MILK,.... As this is not literally true of men, some versions read the words otherwise; his bowels or intestines are full of fat, as the Vulgate Latin and Septuagint; and other...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. Ver. 24. _His breasts are full of milk, and his bones, &c._] He is well lined within, as we say, having abundance of good blood...

  • 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 milk_ The Hebrew word, עשׂין, _gnatin_, here render...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    His breasts, rather, his troughs, milk-pails, skins for carrying liquids, ARE FULL OF MILK, AND HIS BONES ARE MOISTENED WITH MARROW, literally, "the marrow of his bones is well watered," like rich, ir...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB POINTS OUT THE DIFFERENCE IN CALAMITIES BEFALLING MEN...

  • Leslie 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 incensed by such treatment, he did not lose his temper. He...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BREASTS: Or, milk pails...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-26 Job had described the prosperity of wicked people; in these verses he opposes this to what his friends had maintained about their certain ruin in this life. He reconciles this to the holiness a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HIS BREASTS: the Hebrew word is not elsewhere used, and therefore it is diversely translated; either, 1. _Breasts_. But that seems very improper here, because men's breasts do not use to be filled wit...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 21:24 pails H5845 full H4390 (H8804) milk H2461 marrow H4221 bones H6106 moist H8248 (H8792) His bre

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's answer to Zophar in which he denies any secret sin. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: The providences of God in the government of this world are sometimes hard to be u...

  • 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 of a change of mind, or of repentance. So in Judges 21., w...

  • 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 felt the dogma of the friends to be opposed-- I. To...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 21:1 Job’s response closes the second cycle of the dialogue with his friends. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The 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 continued ease and prosperity in this life. I. INTRODUC...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 21:1 Job answers Zophar, as he had answered Bildad, in a single not very lengthy chapter. After a few caustic introductory remarks (verses 2-4), he takes up the challenge which Zophar...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    By Chuck Smith This time shall we turn to the book of Job, chapter 21. Zophar has just concluded in chapter 20 his second speech in which, again, he sort of just gives some of the traditions and quote...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Job 15:27; Proverbs 3:8; Psalms 17:10...

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