Job 21:12

And they rejoice at the voice of a song. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

In Context

11And they remain as an unfailing flock, 1 And their children play before them, 1 Taking up the psaltery and harp; 1

13And they spend their days in wealth, 1 And fall asleep in the rest of the grave. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 31:27Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.

Isaiah 5:12For they drink wine with harp, and psaltery, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands.

Amos 6:4who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;

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 →

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