Job 21:9
Their houses [are] peace without fear, || Nor [is] a rod of God on them.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
In Context
8Their seed is established, || Before their face with them, || And their offspring before their eyes.
10His bullock breeds without fail. His cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
Cross References
Job 9:34He turns aside His rod from off me, || And His terror does not make me afraid,
Job 18:11Terrors have terrified him all around, || And they have scattered him—at his feet.
Psalms 73:19How they have become a desolation as in a moment, || They have been ended—consumed from terrors.
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 →