Job 21:30

How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

In Context

29Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience?

31Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

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Cross References

Joshua 10:18And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:

Psalms 73:5They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

Proverbs 11:4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

Nahum 1:2The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters.

Romans 2:5But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;

2 Peter 3:7But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men.

Matthew Henry on Job 21:28-34

Punishment of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be… Read the whole commentary →

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