Job 21:17
Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
16For their good things were in their hands, but he regards not the works of the ungodly.
18And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.
Cross References
Job 18:5But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up.
Psalms 32:10The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; he brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, and brings to nought the counsels of princes.
Proverbs 13:9a Crafty souls go astray in sins: but just men pity, and are merciful.
Proverbs 24:20For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out.
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 →