Job 21:8
Their seed is firmly established in their presence with them. their offspring are before their eyes.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
In Context
7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow strong in power?
9Their houses are at peace without any dread, and no rod of God [cometh] over them.
Cross References
Job 18:19He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.
Job 20:28The product of his house will be banished, flowing away on the day of his wrath.
Proverbs 17:6The crown of old men are children's children; and the ornament of children are their fathers.
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 →