Text -- Job 21:23 (NET)

Death Levels Everything

21:23 “One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 21:23

¹ tn The line has “in the bone of his perfection.” The word עֶצֶם (’etsem), which means “bone,” is used pronominally to express “the same, very”; here it is “in the very fullness of his strength” (see GKC 449 §139.g). The abstract תֹּם (tom) is used here in the sense of physical perfection and strengths.