Job 21:17
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
Cross References
Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
Psalms 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Proverbs 24:20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
Luke 12:46The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the 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 →