Job 21:7
Wherefore do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
In Context
6For even when I remember, I am alarmed, and pains seize my flesh.
8Their seed is according to their desire, and their children are in their sight.
Cross References
Job 12:6even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them.
Ecclesiastes 7:15I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.
Habakkuk 1:15He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:2-7
The Reply of Job to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. Job here recommends himself, both his case and his discourse, both what he… Read the whole commentary →