Job 21:17
◄“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.► [RHQ] ◄Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.► [RHQ] ◄Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.► [RHQ]
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
18He does not blow them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
Cross References
Job 18:5“What will happen is that the lives of wicked people like you end as quickly as we can put out a light or extinguish the flame of a fire.
Psalms 32:10Wicked people will have many troubles that will make them sad, but those who trust in Yahweh will experience him faithfully loving them all the time.
Proverbs 13:9Righteous people are like a lamp [MET] that shines brightly, but wicked people are like [MET] a lamp that will soon be extinguished.
Proverbs 24:20because nothing good will happen to wicked people; they are like a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
Luke 12:46If he does that, and if his master returns on a day when the servant does not expect him, then his master will ◄cut him into two pieces/punish him severely► [HYP] and put him in the place where he puts all those who do not serve him faithfully.
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 →