# 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](./22.md).

# 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]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/soul]]