Job 21:17
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 stealeth 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 are the sorrows of the wicked; but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy compasseth him about.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 24:20For there will be no future to the evil man, the lamp 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 →