Job 21:9
Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
In Context
8Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.
10Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
Cross References
Job 9:34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid.
Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.
Psalms 73:19How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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 →