Job 21:8
They have their children around them, and they watch them while they grow up and start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
In Context
9Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
Cross References
Job 18:19They will have no children or grandchildren, no descendants where they previously lived.
Job 20:28When God punishes [MTY] people, all the possessions in the wicked people’s houses will be carried away by a flood.
Proverbs 17:6Old people are usually proud of [MET] their grandchildren, just like children are usually proud of their parents.
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 →