Job 21:9
Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 73:19Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
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 →