Job 21:9
Their houses are at peace without any dread, and no rod of God [cometh] over them.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
In Context
8Their seed is firmly established in their presence with them. their offspring are before their eyes.
Cross References
Job 9:34Let him but remove from me his rod, and let not his dread terrify me:
Job 18:11All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.
Psalms 73:19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they perish, they come to their end with terrific events.
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 →