Job 21:25

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

Cross-references

Job 3:20 Allusion

In Job 3:20, Job laments 'bitter of soul' — the same phrase used for the death described here.

Job 7:11 Allusion

In Job 7:11, Job uses the same phrase 'bitterness of soul' to describe his own anguish — echoing the fate of the one who dies without prosperity.

Job 10:1 Allusion

In Job 10:1, Job again uses 'bitterness of soul' as he laments his life — the same phrase describing the dying man in 21:25.

Job 9:18 Parallel

In Job 9:18, Job says God fills him with bitterness — a related experience of suffering, though here it's about God's direct action.

In Ecclesiastes 5:17, the same description of a life without enjoyment, eating in darkness, directly parallels the bitterness of soul.

Proverbs 14:10 speaks of the heart's own bitterness and that no stranger shares its joy — echoing the isolation of the one who dies without prosperity.

In Isaiah 38:15-17, Hezekiah experiences great bitterness but is delivered — contrasting with the one who dies in bitterness without relief.

Ecclesiastes 6:2 describes one who has wealth but cannot enjoy it — a different tragedy from dying without prosperity, yet both reflect vanity.

In 2 Samuel 17:8, the same Hebrew phrase 'bitter of soul' describes David's men being enraged — a different context but same idiom.