Job 21:17
How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
16Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
18They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
Cross References
Job 18:5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
Psalms 32:10The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 24:20For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Luke 12:46The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not: and shall separate him and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.
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 →