Job 21:17

How often is it that the lamp of wicked people is put out, 1 or that their calamity comes upon them? 1 How often does it happen that God distributes sorrows to them in his anger? 1

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How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

In Context

16See, is not their prosperity in their own hands? 1 I have nothing to do with the advice of wicked people. 1

18How often is it that they become like stubble before the wind 1 or like chaff that the storm carries away? 1

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Cross References

Job 18:5Indeed, the light of the wicked person will be put out; 1 the spark of his fire will not shine. 1

Psalms 32:10The wicked have many sorrows, 1 but Yahweh's covenant faithfulness will surround the one who trusts in him. 1

Proverbs 13:9The light of righteous people rejoices, 1 but the lamp of wicked people will be put out. 1

Proverbs 24:20for the evil person has no future 1 and the lamp of wicked people will go out. 1

Luke 12:46the lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect, and in an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and appoint a place for him with the unfaithful.

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 →

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