954 B
954 B
Connecting Statement:
Job continues speaking to his friends.
Another man dies
Job contrasts this man to the man who dies in peace in Job 21:23.
in bitterness of soul
Here sorrow is spoken of as if it tasted bitter, and "soul" refers to the whole man. AT: "with anger and resentment" or "after living a sad life" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
has never experienced anything good
This can be stated in positive form. AT: "has experienced only bad things"
They lie down alike in the dust
This is a polite way to say that they died. AT: "They both die and people bury them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)
the worms cover them both
Worms are associated with decay of dead bodies. AT: "the worms in the dirt eat their dead bodies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)