Job 21:9
They live in their homes in safety—they are not afraid. God does not use his rod to beat them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
In Context
8Their children are with them; they watch their grandchildren grow up.
10Their bulls always breed successfully; their cows give birth to calves and do not miscarry.
Cross References
Job 9:34I wish God would stop beating me with his rod and terrifying me!
Job 18:11Terrors scare the wicked, coming at them from every side, chasing them, biting at their heels.
Psalms 73:19How quickly they're destroyed! They come to a terrifying end.
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 →