Job 21:28
You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
In Context
27“Listen, I know what you three are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
Cross References
Numbers 16:26He/I told the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them! If you touch anything, you will die because of their sins!”
Job 8:22But those who hate you will be very ashamed, and the homes of wicked people will disappear.”
Job 20:7they will disappear forever, like their own dung, and those who knew them will ask, ‘◄Where did they go/What happened to them►?’
Job 31:37I would tell God everything that I have done, and I would approach him confidently, like a ruler would.
Psalms 52:5But God will get rid of you forever; he will grab you and drag you from your home and take you away from this world where people are alive. (Think about that!)
Zechariah 5:4The Commander of the armies of angels says, ‘I will send copies of this scroll to the places where thieves live and to the houses of those who use my name when they solemnly promise to tell the truth. The copies of this scroll will stay in their houses, until those houses and all their wood and stones are destroyed.’”
Matthew Henry on Job 21:28-34
Punishment of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be… Read the whole commentary →