Job 21:8
Their seed is according to their desire, and their children are in their sight.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
In Context
7Therefore do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth?
Cross References
Job 18:19He shall not be known amongst his people, nor his house preserved on the earth.
Job 20:28Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.
Proverbs 17:6Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.
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 →