Job 21:17
How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that [God] distributes sorrows in his anger,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16Lo, [is] their prosperity not in their hand. (The counsel of the wicked is far from me.)
18that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?
Cross References
Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Psalms 32:10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he who trusts in LORD, loving kindness shall encompass him about.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Luke 12:46the lord of that bondman will arrive in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will place his portion with the unbelieving.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:8-17
Prosperity of the Wicked; Abuse of Earthly Prosperity. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at… Read the whole commentary →