Job 21:17

How often will the lamp of the wicked be extinguished, and a deluge overtake them, and how often will he distribute the afflictions of his wrath?

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In The King James Version

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

In Context

16It is true that their good things are not in their power. May the counsel of the impious be far from me!

18They will be like chaff before the face of the wind, and like ashes that the whirlwind scatters.

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Cross References

Job 18:5Will not the light of the impious be put out, and the flame of his fire refuse to shine?

Psalms 32:10The Lord scatters the counsels of the nations. Moreover, he reproves the thoughts of the people, and he rejects the counsels of the leaders.

Proverbs 13:9The light of the just enriches. But the lamp of the impious will be extinguished.

Proverbs 24:20For the evil hold no hope in the future, and the lamp of the impious will be extinguished.

Luke 12:46then the Lord of that servant will return on a day which he hoped not, and at an hour which he knew not. And he will separate him, and he will place his portion with that of the unfaithful.

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 →

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