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Job 21:24

Job 21:24
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul,.... Either another wicked man; for there is a difference among wicked men; some are outwardly happy in life, and in the circumstances of their death,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 21:17-26

Job had largely described the prosperity of wicked people; now, in these verses,

I. He opposes this to what his friends had maintained concerning their certain ruin in this life. "Tell me how often do…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

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…

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