Job 21:30
that the evil-doer is reserved for the day of destruction, and he will be led to the day of wrath.
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In Context
29Ask any passerby whom you wish, and you will realize that he understands these same things:
31Who will reprove his way to his face, and who will repay him for what he has done?
Cross References
Joshua 10:18And he instructed his companions and said: “Roll vast stones to the mouth of the cave, and station attentive men who will keep them closed.
Psalms 73:5as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,
Proverbs 11:4Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death.
Nahum 1:2God is a rival, and the Lord is avenging. The Lord is avenging, and one who applies wrath. The Lord is avenging with his enemies, and he becomes angry with his adversaries.
Romans 2:5But in accord with your hard and impenitent heart, you store up wrath for yourself, unto the day of wrath and of revelation by the just judgment of God.
2 Peter 3:7But the heavens and the earth that exist now were restored by the same Word, being reserved unto fire on the day of judgment, and unto the perdition of impious 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 →