Job 21:21
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
King James Version
In Context
20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Cross References
Job 14:21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Psalms 102:24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Luke 16:27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
Matthew Henry on Job 21:18-27
Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,… Read the whole commentary →