Job 21:9

Their houses have been secure and peaceable, and there is no staff of God over them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

In Context

8They see their offspring continue before them: a commotion of close relatives and of children’s children in their sight.

10Their cattle have conceived and have not miscarried; their cow has given birth and is not deprived of her newborn.

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Cross References

Job 9:34Let him take his staff away from me, and let not the fear of him terrify me.

Job 18:11Horrifying things will terrify him everywhere and will entangle his feet.

Psalms 73:19Do not hand over to beasts the souls that confess to you; and do not forget the souls of your poor until the end.

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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