Job 21:7
Wherefore do the ungodly live, 1 And grow old even in wealth? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
In Context
6For even when I remember, I am alarmed, 1 And pains seize my flesh. 1
8Their seed is according to their desire, 1 And their children are in their sight. 1
Cross References
Job 12:6Even as many as provoke the Lord, 1 As if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:15I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: 1 There is a just man perishing in his justice, 1 And there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness. 1
Habakkuk 1:15He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:2-7
The Reply of Job to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. Job here recommends himself, both his case and his discourse, both what he… Read the whole commentary →