Job 21:9
Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
In Context
10Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.
Cross References
Job 9:34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.
Job 18:11Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.
Psalms 73:19How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.
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 →