Job 21:17
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Cross References
Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Psalms 32:10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he that trusteth in Jehovah, lovingkindness shall compass him about.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Luke 12:46the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
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 →