Job 21:21

For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

In Context

20His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

22Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?

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Cross References

Job 14:21Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.

Psalms 102:24He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.

Luke 16:27And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren,

Matthew Henry on Job 21:18-27

Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,… Read the whole commentary →

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